残局 (cán jú) — (chess) endgame; (figurative) aftermath, situation after a failure or disaster
Definition
Literally the 'remaining board,' 残局 means an unfinished endgame (chess/Go) — used literally for the late phase of a game and figuratively for the messy situation left after a failure, war, or disaster.
noun
(chess) endgame(figurative) aftermathsituation after a failure or disaster
Measure word · 盘
Examples
- 残局，。Zhè pán qí de cán jú fēi cháng fù zá, hěn nán yíng le.The endgame of this chess match is very complicated; it's hard to win.
- ，残局。Gōng sī dǎo bì hòu, tā fù zé chǔ lǐ cán jú.After the company went bankrupt, he was in charge of dealing with the aftermath.
- ，残局。Zhàn zhēng jié shù hòu, zhè ge guó jiā xiàn rù le jīng jì cán jú.After the war ended, this country fell into an economic aftermath.
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