sparrow dominoes

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The game of mahjong. uncountable
    — Even "Mah-Jongg," for example, is called "sparrow dominoes"—and very rightly, since that is what the Chinese word means to the Chinese.
  2. The tiles used in this game. plural,plural-only
    — There is probably no town in China where the click of the Sparrow dominoes is so little heard.

词源

calque of Chinese 麻將 /麻将 (májiàng) + dominoes.
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