The process of breaking an "encirclement and suppression" campaign is usually circuitous and not as direct as one would wish.

打破“围剿”的过程往往是迂回曲折的，不是径情直遂的。

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Now sales representatives can see if a new customer's cars can easily hitch onto a direct train or whether they will need to take a more circuitous, and costly, route.

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