棋局
qí jú
Pinyin

Definition

棋局
 - 
qí jú
  1. state of play in a game of chess
  2. (old) chessboard

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

局
jú
  1. 1 narrow
局长
jú zhǎng
  1. 1 bureau chief
  2. 2 CL:位[wèi],個|个[gè]
棋
qí
  1. 1 variant of 棋[qí]
结局
jié jú
  1. 1 conclusion
  2. 2 ending
饭局
fàn jú
  1. 1 dinner party
  2. 2 banquet
骗局
piàn jú
  1. 1 a swindle
  2. 2 a trap
  3. 3 a racket
  4. 4 a scam
  5. 5 CL:場|场[chǎng]
下棋
xià qí
  1. 1 to play chess
五子棋
wǔ zǐ qí
  1. 1 five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe)
  2. 2 Japanese: gomoku
  3. 3 gobang
布局
bù jú
  1. 1 arrangement
  2. 2 composition
  3. 3 layout
  4. 4 opening (chess jargon)
局限
jú xiàn
  1. 1 variant of 局限[jú xiàn]
僵局
jiāng jú
  1. 1 impasse
  2. 2 deadlock
全局
quán jú
  1. 1 overall situation
公安局
gōng ān jú
  1. 1 public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
出局
chū jú
  1. 1 to send off (player for a foul)
  2. 2 to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament)
  3. 3 to eliminate
  4. 4 to call out
  5. 5 to kill off
  6. 6 to pull out of (a competition)
  7. 7 to retire (a runner in baseball)
  8. 8 out (i.e. man out in baseball)
分局
fēn jú
  1. 1 sub-bureau
围棋
wéi qí
  1. 1 the game of Go
大局
dà jú
  1. 1 general situation
  2. 2 present conditions
定局
dìng jú
  1. 1 foregone conclusion
  2. 2 to be settled conclusively
局势
jú shì
  1. 1 situation
  2. 2 state (of affairs)
局部
jú bù
  1. 1 part
  2. 2 local

Idioms (6)

局促一隅
jú cù yī yú
  1. 1 to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
星罗棋布
xīng luó qí bù
  1. 1 scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
棋高一着
qí gāo yī zhāo
  1. 1 to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom)
  2. 2 to outsmart one's opponent
当局者迷，旁观者清
dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng
  1. 1 The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The onlooker sees more of the game.
举棋不定
jǔ qí bù dìng
  1. 1 to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver
  2. 2 to shilly-shally
顾全大局
gù quán dà jú
  1. 1 to take the big picture into consideration (idiom)
  2. 2 to work for the benefits of all

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