DGBany of the 16 black or 16 white playing pieces used in the game of chess (国际象棋)棋子
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chessman• And more than all, the brokenchessman and its evidence of a truedream.• I think we did buy her chessman.• A small table stood nearby on which ivorychessmen stood poised in combat on an inlaidboard.• His eye fell on a set of chessmenranged on a table in a farcorner.• Between them the board fell over, and the chessmenspilled to the floor.• She looked surprised, and threw up her hands, pretty as a picture, then began to set the chessmen afresh.• We hardly said anything, we seemed to communicate through the chessmen, there was something very symbolic about my winning.• No, we did buy you chessman.