1. literal-minded
2. pedantic
3. doctrinaire
4. longwinded
5. circuitous

1. chess
2. chess-like game
3. a game of chess
4. chess piece

classifiers: 盤, 個, 顆

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) root, basis, alternative form of 基 (jī)
2. root, basis, alternative form of 基 (jī)