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球路

Mandarin · pinyin qiú lù

(sports) trajectory of the ball
method of dispatching the ball (e.g. in baseball: curveball, slider, fastball etc)

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球: qiú · ball, sphere, globe; round
路: lù · road, path, street; journey

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2–4 · qiu2 lu4

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