悍将 (hàn jiāng) — fierce general; valiant warrior; formidable leader or competitor (in business, sports, etc.)

Definition

noun
fierce generalvaliant warriorformidable leader or competitor (in business, sports, etc.)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 悍将。
    Zhè wèi hàn jiāng zài zhàn chǎng shàng lì xià le hè hè zhàn gōng.
    This fierce general has made brilliant military achievements on the battlefield.
  • 悍将，。
    Tā shì gōng sī zuì nián qīng de hàn jiāng, dài lǐng tuán duì chuàng zào le yè jì xīn gāo.
    He is the company's youngest formidable leader, leading the team to create record-high performance.
  • 悍将，。
    Qiú chǎng shàng zhè wèi hàn jiāng wú rén néng dǎng, lián xù dé fēn.
    On the court, this fierce competitor was unstoppable, scoring consecutively.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

悍hànfierce
将jiānggeneral

The fierce idea in 悍 and the general idea in 将 combine into a formidable leader.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 將; 将 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat
寸寸cùnhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
爿
爿pán將jiāng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 將 combines 爿, which also supplies a sound and may show a small table, with ⺼ (meat) and 寸 (hand) to picture offering meat as tribute. The simplified 将 is a later shorthand.

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