将军

(common place name)

general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot

will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])

general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead

to desire / to invite / to request

(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

(bound form) army / military

important general / generalissimo

potbelly

beer belly (complimentary)

lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom) / fig. to pick the best out of a bad group

lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs / fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)

lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside

nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李廣|李广[Li3 Guang3]

lit. one general, one order (idiom) / fig. every boss has their own rules / everyone has their own way of doing things

top general / commander-in-chief