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博弈

bó yì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

博弈 (bó yì) means "games (such as chess, dice etc); gambling; contest". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 博弈 means

1. games (such as chess, dice etc)
2. gambling
3. contest

The characters in 博弈

• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 弈yìancient name for go (Chinese board game)

Example sentences

• 在大博弈期间，阿富汗是一个缓冲国。
  Zài dà bóyì qījiān, āfùhàn shì yī gè huǎnchōng guó.
  During the Great Game, Afghanistan was a buffer state.
• 问题不是政治不纯洁，而是整个政治博弈已经腐朽。
  The trouble is not with impure politics, but that the whole game of politics is rotten.

Words starting with 博弈

• 博弈论bó yì lùngame theory

Words containing 博弈

• 零和博弈líng hé bó yìzero-sum game (economics)

Sounds the same

Read bó yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 驳议to correct (in writing) sb's errors or misconceptions

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