sǐ​qí

dead piece

死棋 sǐ​qí
dead piece
a piece or move in a board game (such as chess or go) that is captured, stuck, or leads to a lost position
hopeless case
a situation, plan, or matter that has reached an impasse or has no prospect of success

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.270 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.040 per million

Sources

Definitions
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