Pure Dragon Seven Pairs (清龙七对)
Pure Dragon Seven Pairs — single-suit Dragon Seven Pairs. The biggest of the seven-pair family.
How Pure Dragon Seven Pairs (清龙七对) works
Pure Dragon Seven Pairs is a seven-pairs hand made entirely from a single suit in which one of the pairs is upgraded to four identical tiles, forming a 'dragon' within the seven-pairs structure.
The hand consists of seven pairs all drawn from one number suit, with at least one set of four identical tiles counted as two of those pairs. It combines the single-suit purity of Pure One Suit with the seven-pairs shape and the quadruple-tile bonus of a dragon. Because it is a richer form of the standard seven pairs, it stacks the seven-pairs and single-suit qualities together rather than being scored alongside a plain seven pairs.
- •All fourteen tiles must come from the same suit; since Sichuan has no honors, that suit is one of bamboo, characters, or dots.
- •The four-of-a-kind here is treated as two pairs for the seven-pairs count, not declared as a kong.
- •It supersedes the plain Pure Seven Pairs reading, so the two are not awarded together for the same hand.
Pure Dragon Seven Pairs (清龙七对) — FAQ
What makes this different from ordinary Pure Seven Pairs?
The presence of four identical tiles forming a dragon inside the seven pairs, which the plain version lacks.
Can there be more than one dragon in the hand?
Yes; multiple groups of four identical tiles each add to the dragon count and increase the hand's strength accordingly.