"pawns" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 兵
• 棋子 (象棋)

Definition

象棋中最小、最多的棋子，每次只能向前一步。“兵”也可以指被他人利用的人或工具。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

象棋中爲基本棋子。引申義指被人利用、沒有自主權的人。常見表達如“只是別人的棋子”。通常不用於形容有權力的人。

Examples

There are eight pawns on each side in chess.

每方象棋有八個**兵**。

The pawns move forward, but only attack diagonally.

**兵**只能往前走，只能斜著喫子。

He lost all his pawns early in the game.

他一開始就丟掉了所有的**兵**。

In that company, new employees are just pawns in a bigger system.

在那家公司，新員工只不過是大系統中的**棋子**。

Sometimes, politicians treat ordinary people like pawns to win elections.

有時，政治家把普通人當作**棋子**來贏得選舉。

You shouldn’t let yourself become one of his pawns.

你不應該讓自己變成他的**棋子**之一。