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梟盧
xiāo​lú

to gamble

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

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枭卢/ 梟盧 xiāo​lú to gamble

(literary) to gamble with dice; originally referring to the two highest scoring rolls in the ancient game of 樗蒲 chū​pú, where 'xiāo' was the highest and 'lú' the second highest

References

see 枭卢/梟盧 → 樗蒲/樗蒲
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