指挥官 指揮官 zhǐ huī guān commander syn 少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 舰长 艦長 jiàn zhǎng commander / captain (of a warship) 司令官 sī lìng guān commander / officer in charge syn 元帅 元帥 yuán shuài (military) marshal / commander-in-chief syn 统帅 統帥 tǒng shuài command / commander-in-chief syn 统领 統領 tǒng lǐng to lead / to command / commander / officer syn 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 连长 連長 lián zhǎng company commander 出师 出師 chū shī to finish apprenticeship / to graduate / to send out troops (under a commander) syn 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn 硬碰硬 yìng pèng yìng to meet force with force / painstaking syn 推力 tuī lì driving force / impetus / thrust (of a boat or airplane engine) / repelling force 营长 營長 yíng zhǎng battalion commander 向心力 xiàng xīn lì centripetal force / (fig.) cohering force / cohesion / team spirit 师长 師長 shī zhǎng military division level commander / teacher syn 司令员 司令員 sī lìng yuán commander syn 主将 主將 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) syn 旅长 旅長 lǚ zhǎng (military) brigade commander 大帅 大帥 dà shuài (old) commanding general / commander-in-chief / (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) 總督|总督[zong3 du1] 兵家 bīng jiā military strategist in ancient China / military commander / soldier syn 动因 動因 dòng yīn motivation / moving force / underlying force / agent 主帅 主帥 zhǔ shuài (military) commander-in-chief / (sports) team manager / coach syn 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 提督 tí dū the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) 将帅 將帥 jiàng shuài commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess syn 粟裕 sù yù Su Yu (1907-1984), PLA commander 将才 將才 jiàng cái talented field commander (military) syn 穆巴拉克 mù bā lā kè Hosni Mubarak (1928-2020), former Egyptian President and military commander 段祺瑞 duàn qí ruì Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord 帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead / to command / handsome / graceful / dashing / elegant / (coll.) cool! / sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 艾森豪威尔 艾森豪威爾 ài sēn háo wēi ěr Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961 麦克阿瑟 麥克阿瑟 mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war 蒙巴顿 矇巴頓 méng bā dùn Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg) / Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA. 常备军 常備軍 standing force / standing army / permanent force 横征暴敛 橫征暴斂 héng zhēng bào liǎn to tax by force and extort levies (idiom) / to screw taxes out of the people by force syn 陈纳德 陳納德 chén nà dé (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II 马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force) syn 力量 lì lia4ng power / force / strength syn 力 lì power / force / strength / ability / strenuously syn 暴力 bào lì violence / force / violent syn 部队 部隊 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 兵 bīng soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 强迫 強迫 qiǎng pò to compel / to force syn 活力 huó lì energy / vitality / vigor / vital force syn 空军 空軍 kōng jūn air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked syn 拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service 强盗 強盜 qiáng dào to rob (with force) / bandit / robber / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 吸引力 xī yǐn lì attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness syn 勉强 勉強 miǎn qiǎng to do with difficulty / to force sb to do sth / reluctant / barely enough syn 势力 勢力 shì li power / influence / a force (military, political etc) syn 占领 佔領 zhàn lǐng to capture / to seize / to occupy by force syn 强制 強制 qiáng zhì to force / to compel / to coerce / forced / compulsory / Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4] syn 后援 後援 hòu yuán reinforcement / back-up / supporting force syn 强行 強行 qiáng xíng to do sth by force / Taiwan pr. [qiang3 xing2] syn 迫使 pò shǐ to force / to compel syn 武力 wǔ lì military force syn 引力 yǐn lì gravitation (force) / attraction syn 暴风 暴風 bào fēng windstorm / (meteorology) storm (force 11 wind) syn 示威 shì wēi to demonstrate (as a protest) / a demonstration / a military show of force 风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn 逼迫 bī pò to force / to compel / to coerce syn 警力 jǐng lì police force / police officers syn 胁迫 脅迫 xié pò to coerce / to compel / to force syn 牛顿 牛頓 niú dùn newton (SI unit of force) 强加 強加 qiáng jiā to impose / to force upon syn 劳力 勞力 láo lì labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force syn 流亡 liú wáng to force into exile / to be exiled / in exile syn 霸占 霸佔 bà zhàn to occupy by force / to seize / to dominate syn 主力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army 破门 破門 pò mén to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc) 神力 shén lì occult force / the power of a God or spirit 冲击力 衝擊力 chōng jī lì force of impact or thrust 迫降 pò xiáng to force sb to surrender 自卫队 自衛隊 zì wèi duì self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces syn 现行 現行 xiàn xíng to be in effect / in force / current syn 绝技 絕技 jué jì consummate skill / supreme feat / tour-de-force / stunt syn 风力 風力 fēng lì wind force / wind power 弹力 彈力 tán lì elasticity / elastic force / spring / rebound / bounce 磁力 cí lì magnetic force / magnetic syn 勒令 lè lìng to order / to force syn 劳动力 勞動力 láo dòng lì labor force / manpower syn 收缴 收繳 shōu jiǎo to recover (illegally obtained property) / to seize / to capture / to force sb to hand over sth / to levy syn 联队 聯隊 lián duì wing (of an air force) / sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea) 赶跑 趕跑 gǎn pǎo to drive away / to force out / to repel syn 惯性 慣性 guàn xìng (physics) inertia / (fig.) force of habit / tendency to do things in the accustomed way / habitual 讨伐 討伐 tǎo fá to suppress by armed force / to send a punitive expedition against / to crusade against syn 奋勇 奮勇 fèn yǒng dauntless / to summon up courage and determination / using extreme force of will syn 特派 tè pài special appointment / special correspondent / task force / sb dispatched on a mission syn 工作组 工作組 gōng zuò zǔ work team / working group / task force 合力 hé lì to join forces / concerted effort / (physics) resultant force syn 破坏力 破壞力 pò huài lì destructive force 外力 wài lì external force / pressure from outside 攻陷 gōng xiàn to capture (a fortress, city etc) / to take by force syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 武装力量 武裝力量 wǔ zhuāng lì liàng armed force syn 强人所难 強人所難 qiǎng rén suǒ nán to force someone to do something syn 