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na 1-yeu-tha: 10 60: From Sanskrit nayuta नियुत 'myriad' 不可思議; 不可思议: bùkě sīyì: bat1 ho2 si1 ji3: put-khó-su-gī peq 4-khu sy 1-gni: 10 64: Literally translated as "unfathomable". This word is commonly used in Chinese as a chengyu, meaning "unimaginable", instead of its original meaning of the number 10 64 ...
Liubo (Chinese: 六博; Old Chinese *kruk pˤak “six sticks”) was an ancient Chinese board game for two players. The rules have largely been lost, but it is believed that each player had six game pieces that were moved around the points of a square game board that had a distinctive, symmetrical pattern.
Tien Gow or Tin Kau (Chinese: 天九; pinyin: tiān jiǔ; Jyutping: tin1 gau2; lit. 'Heaven and Nine') is the name of Chinese gambling games played with either a pair of dice or a set of 32 Chinese dominoes. In these games, Heaven is the top rank of the civil suit, while Nine is the top rank of the military suit.
Sic bo (Chinese: 骰寶), also known as tai sai (大細), dai siu (大小; tài xỉu), big and small or hi-lo, is an unequal game of chance of ancient Chinese origin played with three dice. Grand hazard and chuck-a-luck are variants, both of English origin.
The chicks form a line behind the chicken by holding each other's waists, and the goal of the eagle is to tag the chicks, while the chicken tries to prevent this by holding their arms out and moving around. Throughout the game, the chicks must stay in the line formation, and if one of them is tagged, then they become the eagle. [5] [6]
Based on the amount wagered on the winning position, $100, the net payout is 3 to 1: $100 wagered, $300 returned in addition to the original wager. However, the house commission of 5% means the winning bettor(s) are paid a total of $285 ($300 less 5%), providing a total commission of $15 to the house for the game.
Case 1: West has no diamonds at all and plays separate cards in the trump suit. (5 ♣ –5 ♣) Case 2: West ruffs the trick with a pair of 5 ♣. (10 ♦-2 ♠) S Case 1: South has only a 10 ♦ in hand and played with a 2 ♠ to match the lead's card amounts. (2 ♥ –2 ♠) Case 2: South has no diamonds at all and played 2 separate non ...
In 2008 and 2010, Hunan Satellite Television produced the Chinese version of 1 vs. 100, which has the same name as the Hong Kong version, called 以一敌百 (literally translated "to oppose 100 people by 1 person"). The first season was aired between March 5 and July 31, 2008 and the second season was premiered on April 15, 2010 and ended on ...