流 球

Liú qiúdictionary entry

variant of 琉球[Liú qiú], Ryūkyū, e.g. the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liú qiú Qún dǎo] stretching from Japan to Taiwan

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Original source entry:

流球 流球 [Liu2 qiu2] /variant of 琉球[Liu2 qiu2], Ryūkyū, e.g. the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan/

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Character information

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流
liú
to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade
球
qiú
ball used for playing games (variant of 球[qiú]) / ball / sphere / globe / CL:個|个[gè] / ball game / match / CL:場|场[chǎng]

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