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1 half believing, half doubting

2 skeptical

1 lit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general

2 fig. inciting people to action is more effective than dispatching orders

1 celestial troops and generals (idiom)

2 fig. superior forces

1 to run short (idiom)

1 indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)

1 potbelly

1 no trumps (in card games)

1 mahjong tile

1 Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar general and politician, president of Myanmar 1992-2011

1 assistance that one gets from another

1 Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors

1 to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave

1 to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)

1 top general

2 commander-in-chief

1 important general

2 generalissimo

1 to play mahjong

1 Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠

1 strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)

1 to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army

2 to send a team on a task