将军

❶general;high-ranking military officer
❷(in chess game)checkmate;check
❸put on the spot;embarrass;discomfit;challenge sb
记者的问题真是将了他一军。The reporter’s question really put him on the spot./把他将了一军pose a challenge to him/将起军来find oneself checkmated/～肚 pot-belly;big belly;beer belly