赌场
dǔ chǎng
Pinyin

Definition

赌场
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dǔ chǎng
  1. casino

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

场
cháng
  1. 1 threshing floor
  2. 2 classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
市场
shì chǎng
  1. 1 marketplace
  2. 2 market (also in abstract)
广场
guǎng chǎng
  1. 1 public square
  2. 2 plaza
机场
jī chǎng
  1. 1 airport
  2. 2 airfield
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā],處|处[chù]
现场
xiàn chǎng
  1. 1 the scene (of a crime, accident etc)
  2. 2 (on) the spot
  3. 3 (at) the site
登场
dēng chǎng
  1. 1 to go on stage
  2. 2 fig. to appear on the scene
  3. 3 used in advertising to mean new product
立场
lì chǎng
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 standpoint
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
职场
zhí chǎng
  1. 1 workplace
  2. 2 workforce (of a nation or industry etc)
  3. 3 job market
上场
shàng chǎng
  1. 1 on stage
  2. 2 to go on stage
  3. 3 to take the field
下场
xià chǎng
  1. 1 to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc)
  2. 2 to take part in some activity
  3. 3 to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
中场
zhōng chǎng
  1. 1 middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)
  2. 2 midfield
  3. 3 mid-court (in sports)
  4. 4 half-time
  5. 5 intermission half-way through a performance
主场
zhǔ chǎng
  1. 1 home ground (sports)
  2. 2 home field
  3. 3 main venue
  4. 4 main stadium
五角场
Wǔ jiǎo chǎng
  1. 1 Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
停车场
tíng chē chǎng
  1. 1 parking lot
  2. 2 car park
入场
rù chǎng
  1. 1 to enter the venue for a meeting
  2. 2 to enter into an examination
  3. 3 to enter a stadium, arena etc
全场
quán chǎng
  1. 1 everyone present
  2. 2 the whole audience
  3. 3 across-the-board
  4. 4 unanimously
  5. 5 whole duration (of a competition or match)
出场
chū chǎng
  1. 1 (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform
  2. 2 (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete
  3. 3 (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product)
  4. 4 (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue
到场
dào chǎng
  1. 1 to show up
  2. 2 present (at the scene)
剧场
jù chǎng
  1. 1 theater
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
包场
bāo chǎng
  1. 1 to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc

Idioms (6)

战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)
救场如救火
jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ
  1. 1 the show must go on (idiom)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
竹篮打水，一场空
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
粉墨登场
fěn mò dēng chǎng
  1. 1 to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
逢场作戏
féng chǎng zuò xì
  1. 1 lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun
  2. 2 to play along according to local conditions

Sample Sentences

你有所不知，现在中国股市有时就像个大赌场。像我妈这样的普通老百姓，哪会什么理智地分析啊，只不过是随大流罢了，一听说牛市来了就盲目追涨，我真担心她一不小心就会吃亏。要知道，那点钱可是她多年的积蓄啊。
nǐ yǒusuǒbùzhī ，xiànzài Zhōngguó gǔshì yǒushí jiùxiàng ge dà dǔchǎng 。xiàng wǒ mā zhèyàng de pǔtōng lǎobǎixìng ，nǎ huì shénme lǐzhì de fēnxī ā ，zhǐ bùguò shì suídàliú bà le ，yī tīngshuō niúshì lái le jiù mángmù zhuīzhǎng ，wǒ zhēn dānxīn tā yī bù xiǎoxīn jiù huì chīkuī 。yào zhīdào ，nà diǎn qián kěshì tā duō nián de jīxù ā 。
There's some stuff you don't understand. Sometimes these days, the Chinese stock market is like a big casino. What kind of financial analysis would an ordinary person like my mom do? All she can do is follow the crowd. As soon as she heard it was a bull market, she just started blindly looking for gains。 I'm really worried that as soon as she gets careless, she could lose her shirt! You have to understand, she's saved that little nest egg for many years.
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我们现在可以去赌场了吧？
wǒmen xiànzài kěyǐ qù dǔchǎng le ba ？
Can we go to the casino now?
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魏导，最近风声很紧啊。咱们那几个夜总会最近被公安抄了个底儿朝天，还有一些酒吧和地下赌场也遭了殃，人手不够啊。
Wèi dǎo ，zuìjìn fēngshēng hěn jǐn a 。zánmen nà jǐ ge yèzǒnghuì zuìjìn bèi gōng ān chāo le ge dǐr cháo tiān ，hái yǒu yīxiē jiǔbā hé dìxià dǔchǎng yě zāo le yāng ，rénshǒu bùgòu a 。
Mr. Wei, the reports lately haven't been good. Public Security searched a few of our night clubs and tore the places apart. They also made a mess of some of our bars and underground gambling clubs. We don't have enough manpower.
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They don't give you some kind of magic potion, do they? So exotic. But the people who run casinos definitely hope that their customers will be bowled over. Whether it's gold or silver, they will go gamble it away at all costs.
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Don't worry. I saw through their tricks a long time ago. I wouldn't take so much as a single seed to go gambling. Oh, right-- are those casinos and rooms really extravagant?
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I played a bit. Actually, a lot of people go to Macao not planning to gamble. But in the end, they do. Because the big casinos usually have really fancy hotels. The room fees are very cheap, and you can convert them into chips. Basically, they're always trying to think of ways to get you hooked and make you gamble. If you don't have strong self-discipline, and you get addicted to gambling, I bet even you and your family's safety wouldn't be enough to get you to stop.
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That's for sure. There's so much profit here! I heard that a Las Vegas casino won back its investment of about two billion RMB in just seven months! That's scary!
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That's quite a new and unusual idea you have there. But it would be nice to go and observe a bit. People say that in the last few years, Macao's entertainment industry has developed really quickly. A lot of big players in Las Vegas' gambling industry have opened casinos and hotels in Macao. And did you know, Macao has already surpassed Las Vegas as the place with the highest volume of gambling in the world.
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I'd just like to go and see those casinos and stay in one of the super-fancy hotels there.
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