博 弈 bó yì games (such as chess, dice etc) / gambling / contest 摴 dice / gambling / to release 马 子 mǎ zi bandit / brigand / gambling chip / chamber pot / (slang) girl / chick / babe 赌 局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 押 宝 yā bǎo to play yabao (a gambling game) / (fig.) to gamble on / to take one's chance / to try one's luck 竹 签 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling 彩 头 cǎi tóu good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) 牌 局 pái jú gambling get-together / game of cards, mahjong etc 码 子 mǎ zi number (e.g. page or house number) / numeral (e.g. Arabic or Chinese numeral) / code sign / plus or minus sound / counter / chip (e.g. in gambling games) / price tag / ready cash at one's disposal (old) 觥 筹 交 错 gōng chóu jiāo cuò wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party 赌 鬼 dǔ guǐ gambling addict 头 家 tóu jiā organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings / banker (gambling) / preceding player (in a game) / (dialect) boss / proprietor 聚 赌 jù dǔ communal gambling 吆 五 喝 六 yāo wǔ hè liù lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice / a hubbub of gambling 庄 farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) 签 inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag 吃 喝 嫖 赌 chī hē piáo dǔ to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling / to lead a life of dissipation 销 金 窟 xiāo jīn kū money squandering establishment (e.g. gambling den, brothel etc) 十 赌 九 输 shí dǔ jiǔ shū lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game
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