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地球軌道

简地球轨道 · 繁地球軌道

Mandarin · pinyin dì qiú guǐ dào

Earth orbit (orbit of a satellite around the Earth)
Earth's orbit (orbit of the Earth around the Sun)

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地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
球: qiú · ball, sphere, globe; round
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道: dào · path, road, street; method, way
轨: guǐ · track, rut, path

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4–2–3–4 · di4 qiu2 gui3 dao4

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