博弈

bóyì
  1. games (such as chess, dice etc)
  2. gambling
  3. contest

CEDICT

  1. (Classical) to play Go; to play chess
  2. (figurative) to engage in a geopolitical contest
  3. games; gambling; contest
  4. to engage in a geopolitical contest
  5. to gamble
  6. to play Go; to play chess

Wiktionary

Examples

在大博弈期間，阿富汗是一個緩衝國。

During the Great Game, Afghanistan was a buffer state.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 博 bó
  1. (bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide
  2. to win; to gain
  3. to play; to gamble
  4. learned; well-read
  5. (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士 bóshì)
  6. (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客 bókè)
=1 博 bó old variant of 博 bó
2 弈 yì ancient name for go (Chinese board game)

Containing this entry

博弈論 bóyìlùn game theory
零和博弈 línghébóyì zero-sum game (economics)

Related entries

博彩 bócǎi gambling
摴 shū
  1. dice
  2. gambling
  3. to release
對決 duìjué
  1. confrontation
  2. contest
  3. showdown
比拚 bǐpàn
  1. (Tw) to compete
  2. contest
比拼 bǐpīn
  1. to compete fiercely
  2. contest
虎与人是无法比拼力量的，但是，老虎还是比人类低等。

You cannot compare the strength of a man to that of a tiger, but nevertheless, the tiger is still the inferior creature.

Source: Tatoeba

較量 jiàoliàng
  1. to pit oneself against sb
  2. to compete with sb
  3. contest
  4. battle
  5. to haggle
  6. to quibble
徵選 zhēngxuǎn
  1. to call for entries and select the best
  2. to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc)
  3. to select (the best candidate)
  4. contest
  5. competition