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將軍
简 将军 · 繁 將軍Mandarin · pinyin jiāng jūn
Meanings
- general
- high-ranking military officer
- to check or checkmate
- fig. to embarrass
- to challenge
- to put sb on the spot
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1–1 · jiang1 jun1
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zoeng1 gwan1
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
noun
- (military) general (military rank)
- (literary) Alternative name for 硫黃／硫黄 (liúhuáng, “sulfur”).
- (literary) Alternative name for 大黃／大黄 (dàihuáng, “rhubarb”).
verb
- (chess, xiangqi) to check
- (figurative) to put someone on the spot
intj
- (chess, xiangqi) checkmate
name
- (Internet slang, Koreanology) Supreme Leaders of North Korea
- (～村) Jiangjyun, Jiangjun (a rural village in Wangan, Penghu County, Taiwan)
- a surname
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