将 (將)
jiāng
Pinyin
Definition
将 (將)
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- 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[bǎ])
将 (將)
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- general
- commander-in-chief (military)
- king (chess piece)
- to command
- to lead
将 (將)
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- to desire
- to invite
- to request
Character Decomposition
Compounds (4)
- 1 surname Jiang
- 2 refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
- 1 tinkling of small bells
- 1 (manner of walking)
- 1 see also: 踉蹡 liàng qiàng
Related Words (20)
- 1 will
- 2 shall
- 3 to use
- 4 to take
- 5 to checkmate
- 6 just a short while ago
- 7 (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[bǎ])
- 1 on the eve of
- 2 to be about to
- 3 to be on the verge of
- 1 famous general
Idioms (20)
兵来将挡,水来土掩
- 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌,水来土堰
- 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
千军易得,一将难求
- 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
大厦将倾
- 1 great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation
天兵天将
- 1 celestial troops and generals (idiom)
- 2 fig. superior forces
Sample Sentences
据世卫组织报告,全球新冠肺炎确诊人数已超过127万,病亡人数逾7万。中国工程院院士、著名呼吸病学专家钟南山说:“希望各国都能继续全力投入到疫情防控中去,相信我们终将战胜疫情。”
According to a WHO report, confirmed cases of COVID-19 has exceeded 1.27 million, and caused around 70 thousand deaths. Zhong Nan Shan, a fellow of Chinese Academy of Engineering and a renowned respiratory expert said, "I hope every country is putting every effort into preventing and controlling the pandemic, and I believe that we will defeat it as last."
英国、法国、比利时等欧洲多国宣布,高等院校开学将推迟至9月。这意味着,高校本学期将全部采取网络教学。对于很多高校而言,网课并不是新鲜事物。但面对如此大规模将课堂授课改为线上授课,各国教育机构和师生们都仍在探索和调整。
Several European countries including the UK, France, and Belgium have announced that colleges and universities are postponing the new semester to September. This means that universities are implementing online teaching for this whole semester. For many universities, online courses are not something new. But when facing the replacement of physical classrooms with online courses on such a large scale, the educational institutions, teachers, and students in these countries are still exploring and adjusting accordingly.
故知兵之将民之司命,国家安危之主也。
A general who values the lives of his soldiers and citizens have the country’s interest as his priority.
一曰道,二曰天,三曰地,四曰将五曰法
道: path 天: weather 地: ground situation 法: rules, discipline
隔了几日,乐广听闻这位友人病倒的消息,特别登门探望他。在问到病因的时候,友人便将当日饮酒时的情况一五一十地告知了乐广。乐广一听也懵了,回家的路上心想:“我家里哪来的小蛇呢?要是真有蛇的话也非得找出来,要不自己住得也提心吊胆的!”于是一回到家便展开了捕蛇行动。
A few days later, after Yue Guang heard the news that his friend fell ill, he paid a special visit to his place. When asked about the cause, his friend told him exactly what happened on the day when they were drinking. Yue Guang is so confused when hearing this, and started to think while returning back home. "Where did the little snake come from? If there really is a snake, I have to find it, or else I will be in fear of living there. " So as soon as he got home, he started the snake catching operation.
相传一千多年前在中国晋朝有位叫做乐广的人,交游广阔,特别喜欢宴请朋友到家中喝酒聊天。有一次,在宴席上,乐广的一位朋友在敬酒时,看见杯子里有条小蛇在酒里蠕动,这位朋友虽然饱受惊吓,但碍于面子,不得不勉强将酒一饮而尽。回家之后,老觉得自己肚子里有条小蛇钻来钻去,越想越难受,竟然因此病倒了!
Legend has it, more than a thousand years ago, in the Gin dynasty of China, there was a person named Yue Guang. He has many friends, and he especially likes to invite friends to come over to have a drink and chat. Once at the banquet, a friend of Yue Guang saw a little snake wriggling in the glass while toasting. Although his friend was frightened, because of his pride, he had no choice but to force himself to drink up the wine. After he got home, he constantly felt like there’s a snake winding around in his stomach. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He even ended up falling ill because of this!
于是乐广立马奔去找友人,将友人带回自己家中,又将情况重新完整地还原了一次。友人一看”唷!这不就是我当天喝下去的那条蛇吗?原来它压根儿就不是蛇,只是弓的倒影,是我自己吓自己!虚惊一场!”。知道了原委,他这病也就立刻痊愈了。
He rushed to his friend's immediately, brought him back to his place, and restored the scene again. Once his friend saw it, he realized,"Oh! Isn't this the snake I swallowed down that day? It turns out that it is not a snake at all, but a reflection of the bow. I was scaring myself. False alarm!" After knowing the whole story, he restored his health immediately.
人们第一次看到流星时,都很吃惊。以为有不好的事情即将发生。
People were surprised when they first saw meteors.They thought something bad was about to happen.
秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿,他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句,但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月,他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面,但除了点咖啡和道谢之外,他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.
中国将在2020年建成8亿亩高标准农田,更加高产,并可减少用水、化肥和农药。
China will build 800 million acres of high-standard farmland in 2020, which will be more productive and reduce water, fertilizer and pesticides.