Definition
Winds and Dragons is the section of the card whose hands are built mostly from the four winds and three dragons rather than from suit tiles.
It is where a deal full of winds and dragons, which looks hopeless to a beginner, actually belongs. Jokers help here because most of the sets are pungs and kongs.
At the table
This is the section that rescues a deal a beginner has already written off. Honour tiles group only with themselves, so a rack heavy in winds and dragons looks like junk right up until you count it against this part of the card. Jokers help here too, since most of the sets are pungs and kongs.
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