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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刷* | 刷* | *刷
a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *球* | 球* | *球
ball / sphere / globe / CL: 個|个 / ball game / match / CL: 場|场
HSK 1
game (CL:場|场) / to play
HSK 3
score (of a game or competition)
HSK 4
traveler; tourist / (online gaming) guest player
HSK 2
"The Wind Blows", a game in which one player calls out a category, all players who match it must change seats, and the person left without a seat becomes "it" ()
(historical weaponry) shield / (gaming, sci-fi) shield; damage-absorbing barrier / (fig.) protective safeguard
to do an encore / (gaming) (of an item or character) to become available for purchase again
new work (book, movie, video game etc)
(slang) (online gaming) to team up with friends in a coordinated private group ( indicates private, team-only chat)
(military, gaming) to concentrate fire on a single target
(gaming) to play as the jungler; to farm neutral monsters in the jungle / (gaming) jungler
to strive to be among the best / zheng shangyou (card game)
speed of hand movement (esp. in gaming, typing or fast-response situations)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *肝* | 肝* | *肝
liver (CL:葉|叶) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy
HSK 6
video game console
(gaming) kill threshold; the critical health point cutoff at which an enemy can be finished off immediately / (fig.) (slang) a critical survival threshold; a point beyond which a person or household lacks sufficient buffer such that a single shock leads to rapid collapse
video game machine / video game console
HSK 6
Tomb Raider (computer game)
(video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) / battle royale game / last-man-standing game / to play PUBG (or similar game) / to win at PUBG (or similar game)
Monopoly (game) / known as 地產大亨|地产大亨 in Taiwan
to poke in the eye / (gaming) to place a ward (i.e. vision-granting item) / to keep tabs on (an online discussion etc); to monitor (for updates)
Magic the gathering (online fantasy game of card collecting and battling)
first half of a game or contest
second half of a game or contest
tech tree; pattern or sequence of technological development (in gaming or metaphorically in real-world innovation)
endgame / conclusion / outcome / final part of a chess game
League of Legends (video game)
first half of a game or contest
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
to play a game
children's game played with illustrated cards / pogs / menko (Japan)
to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
HSK 7-9
military exercise / war game
second half of a game or contest
Grand Theft Auto (video game series)
dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *棋* | 棋* | *棋
chess / chess-like game / a game of chess / CL: 盤|盘 / chess piece / CL: 個|个, 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
electric-powered / (Tw) video game
HSK 6
blackjack (card game)
barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre)
(after completing a game of chess) to replay the game, analyzing the players' moves / (stock market) to resume trading
minesweeper (computer game)
final part of a go game (see 官子) / endgame / to finish up / to come to the final stage
game theory
online game (abbr. for 網絡遊戲|网络游戏)
(sports) home ground; home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc)
(loanword) / pass (for gaining admittance) / to pass (in a game of bridge etc) / to get through; to pass (an exam etc)
murder mystery game (role-playing game)
(coll.) (gaming) to progress to the next level / to level up
poker (card game) / playing card / CL:
(video gaming) (of an entire team or party) to get wiped out
half of a game or contest / half-court
HSK 7-9
sudoku (puzzle game)
One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)
player (of a game) / enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
poker (game) (loanword) / playing cards
HSK 7-9
(gaming) team battle
StarCraft (video game series)
Final Fantasy (video game)
Pokémon or Pocket Monsters, popular Japanese video game, anime and manga
wine-drinking game
open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf)
Grand Theft Auto (video game series)
to enter the game; to get involved / to walk into a scam
(coll.) (neologism, attested by 2006) to extract money unscrupulously (e.g. through IPOs, fandom, or game mechanics) while offering little genuine value; to grift; to fleece
screen adaptation (TV series or movie based on an online novel or video game etc)
to set up a teammate (with an opportunity to score) / to throw a game
land battle chess, Chinese board game similar to Stratego
to archive; to place on file / saved data (for a video game etc)
Rockman or Mega Man (video game series)
handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer)
to win every trick in a card game / grand slam / fig. total success
Minecraft (video game)
(gaming) tower defense
pattern matching (puzzle game) / matching (type of test question in which presented items are to be paired up)
opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
(idiom) one declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game)
Tetris (video game)
Castlevania (video game series)
finger-guessing game
to make an in-app purchase in a game
cricket (ball game)
to generate fake transactions in order to game a commercial online platform (one that rewards users who make numerous transactions)
to play yabao (a gambling game) / (fig.) to gamble on / to take one's chance / to try one's luck
war-gaming; simulation of a military operation
to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc)
to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place
the game of Go
(Internet) flash sale / (sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent
preceding player (in a game)
middle game (in go or chess) / (share trading) mid-session / (abbr. for 中盤商|中盘商) distributor / wholesaler / middleman
Super Bowl (American football championship game)
lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game
to win in a lotto game
token (used instead of money for slot machines, in game arcades etc)
to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine
national dress; traditional attire / (Internet gaming) domestic gaming server; (esp.) Chinese server (abbr. for 國內服務器|国内服务器)
game-fixing / to fix games

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