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篮球
lán qiú
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- pinyin
- lán qiú
- simplified
- 篮球
- traditional
- 籃球
1 · noun
basketball
以把球投入高处篮筐为目标的球类运动。
The broad basketball gloss is narrowed to the sport in this example.
They play basketball at school after classes on Wednesdays.
English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Candidate — listening review pending
他们周三放学后在学校打篮球。
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