chopsticks
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English:
chopsticks
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noun
- a finger game played with the goal of knocking both the opponent's hands out of play. It is commonly played by children. Each player starts with one outstretched finger on each hand, and by striking any other hand with one of their hands, adds the striking hand's number of fingers to the stuck hand. A hand is eliminated when the number of fingers would equal or exceed 5. Various other rules are included, such as a "clap" or "split" where a player can "revive" their own previously-eliminated hand by clapping if their other hand has two or more fingers raised, thereby distributing the count across both hands in any way they desire.
It is a mathematically solved game, meaning that any outcome can be achieved with perfect play.