mah-jongg

she calls mah-jongg a superficial, frivolous game, and was a bit taken aback to hear her own 29-year-old daughter, amy, had taken it up.

她称麻将是一种肤浅的、无聊的游戏，听到自己29岁的女儿阿波拉菲尔（AmyAbolafia）开始学打麻将的时候有点吃惊。

mah-jongg players at a chinatown community organization.

一个唐人街社区组织里的麻将玩家。

the robberies have chilled the mah-jongg network.

抢劫案已经使麻将赌博网络胆战心惊。

but as more and more women joined the work force in the 1970s, many no longer had time to play mah-jongg for hours at a stretch.

但随着70年代越来越多的女性开始工作，很多人不再有大把连续的时间打麻将。

although cantonese tea houses are very noisy, nobody plays cards or mah-jongg.

尽管广东茶馆很热闹，没有人打牌或打麻将。

the cave is popular among locals, however; they gather each morning to talk and play mah-jongg.

不过，百魔洞在当地居民当中很受欢迎；他们每天清晨都会聚在这里聊天，打麻将。

finally, i returned to the hotel, where i discovered my floormates click-clacking away at mah-jongg.

最后我回到酒店，发现那层的楼友霹雳啪啦地打麻将。

not all mah-jongg games involve gambling; acquaintances often gather to play for fun, with no wagering.

并不是所有麻将牌局都涉及赌博；熟人经常聚在一起打麻将玩，不下注。

she also said he had affairs with a number of women and demanded a total of 500, 000 yuan from mr. lan to finance mah-jongg games and trips.

她还说，袁善腊跟多名女子有染，并从兰世立那里索要共计50万元的款项用于打麻将和旅游。

chopped down to the size of mah-jongg tiles and bobbing among translucent mung-bean noodles and thin, pliant strips of lamb.

这种馕还出现在汤里，被切成麻将块大小，和透明的绿豆粉丝、柔韧的薄羊肉片一起在汤里浮动。

the jiun bao mahjong club is a typical mah-jongg parlor in hong kong. it is open 24 hours.

香港君俊商务酒店旗下的君宝麻将俱乐部在香港属于普通麻将馆，24小时开放。

"i like to play mah-jongg on the computer, but you have to wait when school is out, " he said.

“我喜欢在计算机上打麻将，但比必须等到学校放假。”他说到。

the company doesn't sell mah-jongg sets.

该公司不销售麻将牌。

mah-jongg is becoming as hip as martinis in new york, but in hong kong, this chinese game is far from 'cool. '

麻将在纽约的流行程度可与马提尼酒相提并论，但在香港，这个中国游戏还远远称不上“酷”。

enthusiasm for mah-jongg has waxed and waned over the past century.

过去一百年来，人们对麻将的热情时强时弱。

the gambling, they said, was friendly, low-stakes games of mah-jongg and cards.

他们说，所谓赌博，只是一些气氛友好、小笔赌注的麻将和纸牌游戏罢了。

some in her group said that colleagues do a double-take when they hear about their love for mah-jongg.

其中有些牌友说同事们听说她们喜欢麻将时，一时还反应不过来，而后非常吃惊。

clad in black and speaking chinese, the three men entered a mah-jongg parlor hidden in a building on hester street in chinatown.

三名讲汉语的黑衣男子走进一家麻将馆。这家麻将馆隐匿于中国城Hester街的一幢建筑里。

but there are those in the generation that 'skipped' mah-jongg who cast a cold eye on the new fashion-especially when it hits home.

但在“跳过”麻将的一代人中有那么些人对这种新潮流冷眼相对，尤其是直接接触到麻将的时候。

ultimately, the diagnosis the doctors came up with was "mah-jongg-related deep-vein thrombosis. "

最终，医生得出的诊断结论是“与玩麻将关联的深静脉血栓。”

the omen of this year is good, and the lucky comes back on the mah-jongg table.

今年的兆头确实不错，连牌桌上也转运了。

today, some are exclusively devoted to mah-jongg, a tile game that is one of the most popular forms of recreation among the chinese.

现在，这些麻将馆中，有些只经营麻将，一种在华人之间最受欢迎的的娱乐活动。

Her obsession with mah-jongg began three months ago.

她对麻将的沉迷是三个月前开始的.

mah-jongg's not just for grandma anymore.

麻将不再仅仅是奶奶辈女人的专属。

' we joke that by the time we are old enough to go on mah-jongg cruises , we 'll clean up because we started young, ' she said .

她说，那个时候我们开玩笑说，等我们老到在游船上打麻将的时候，我们就发财了，因为我们从很年轻的时候就开始了。

mrs. singer, 83, is also thrilled: most of the women in her mah-jongg group are in their 80s and 90s.

83岁的辛格也很激动：她的牌友们大多都八九十岁了。

He put in a day at mah-jongg.

他打了一天麻将.

one reason why hong kong's younger generation isn't playing mah-jongg is the huge investment of time it requires.

香港年轻一代之所以不打麻将，其中一个原因是打麻将需要耗费大量时间。

but unlike her mother, she can't get enough of mah-jongg.

但和妈妈不同，她对麻将情有独锺。