also: リンシャンカイホー
noun
winning on a replacement tile after a kong
A mahjong yaku: winning by drawing a tile from the dead wall after declaring a kong. Often worth 1 han.
from Chinese lǐng shàng kāi huā
See also: 嶺上牌
嶺上開花で逆転した。
I turned the game around with a win on a replacement tile after a kong.
カンを宣言して嶺上牌を引いたら、それが当たり牌で嶺上開花になった。
After declaring a kong, I drew a tile from the dead wall, and it was the winning tile, so I got a rinshan kaihou.
Refers to the replacement tile itself drawn from the dead wall after a kong, while 嶺上開花 is the act of winning with that tile.
From Chinese 嶺上開花 (lǐng shàng kāi huā), literally 'blooming on the ridge', referring to drawing a winning tile from the dead wall after a kong.