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橄榄球

gǎn lǎn qiú

3-character word Traditional 橄欖球

What 橄榄球 means

1. football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)

The characters in 橄榄球

• 橄gǎnused in 橄榄
• 榄lǎn(bound form) olive
• 球qiúball used for playing games (variant of 球

Example sentences

• 他很擅长橄榄球。
  Tā hěn shàncháng gǎnlǎnqiú.
  He is good at rugby.
• 橄榄球英语怎么说？
  Gǎnlǎnqiú yīngyǔ zěnme shuō?
  How do you say "rugby" in English?
• 橄榄球英语怎幺说？
  How do you say "rugby" in English?
• 他曾是个英式橄榄球运动员。
  He was a rugby player.
• 我喜欢橄榄球，但不像我喜欢篮球那么喜欢。
  Wǒ xǐhuan gǎnlǎnqiú, dàn bù xiàng wǒ xǐhuan lánqiú nàme xǐhuan.
  I like rugby, but not as much as I like basketball.
• 我喜欢橄榄球，但不像我喜欢篮球那幺喜欢。
  I like rugby, but not as much as I like basketball.

Words containing 橄榄球

• 澳式橄榄球Ào shì gǎn lǎn qiúAustralian rules football; Aussie rules
• 美式橄榄球Měi shì gǎn lǎn qiúAmerican football
• 英式橄榄球Yīng shì gǎn lǎn qiúrugby