"Chinese snooker" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1991, Michael Curtin, The plastic tomato cutter",
          "text": "His white came back down the table in the orthodox fashion and rested up against the green ball in a Chinese snooker.",
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          "ref": "1998, Pamela Siew Im Ong, One man's will: a portrait of Dato' Sir Onn bin Ja'afar",
          "text": "...in snooker a 'Chinese snooker' is the action of leaving the cue-ball, not behind a coloured ball as with a normal snooker, but in front of one and almost touching it...",
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          "ref": "2003, Tjander Nathoeni, “touching ball clarification (snooker)”, in rec.sport.billiard (Usenet)",
          "text": "Now, happy bridging over a chinese snooker.",
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        "A reverse snooker position where the cue ball is in front of, rather than behind, a ball that is not on, making the shot very difficult because the bridge is hampered and the cueing angle is unnaturally high."
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        "(snooker) A reverse snooker position where the cue ball is in front of, rather than behind, a ball that is not on, making the shot very difficult because the bridge is hampered and the cueing angle is unnaturally high."
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        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "snooker",
        "sports"
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          "text": "Now, happy bridging over a chinese snooker.",
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        "(snooker) A reverse snooker position where the cue ball is in front of, rather than behind, a ball that is not on, making the shot very difficult because the bridge is hampered and the cueing angle is unnaturally high."
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