对弈 duìyì to play go, chess etc
How to remember 对弈: 对 correct + 弈 Chinese chess = to play go, chess etc.
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How it is used
- To play a board game against someone - chiefly 围棋 (go) or 象棋 (chess): 两位高手对弈 (liǎng wèi gāoshǒu duìyì) two masters play a match.
- Formal/literary; ordinary speech says 下棋 (xià qí).
- The 弈 originally means go/chess, so the word is intrinsically about strategic board games, not cards or sports.