小しょう三さん元げん

noun

little three dragons

A mahjong hand with two pungs/kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon. Worth 2 han; often combined with other yaku.

• 小しょう三さん元げんは役やく満まんではないが、高こう得とく点てんが狙ねらえる手て役やくだ。

  Little three dragons is not a yakuman, but it's a hand that can aim for a high score.

• 白はくと發はつを刻子こーつにして、中ちゅんを雀じゃん頭とうにすれば小しょう三さん元げんが成せい立りつする。

  If you make pungs of the white and green dragons and a pair of the red dragon, you complete the little three dragons.