xiàn
thread
string
wire
line
CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]
rè xiàn
hotline (communications link)
shàng xiàn
to go online
to put sth online
lù xiàn
itinerary
route
political line (e.g. right revisionist road)
CL:條|条[tiao2]
zhàn xiàn
battle line
battlefront
front
chū xiàn
out of bounds
over the line
beyond the pale
xiàn tiáo
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc)
the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
xiàn lù
line
circuit
wire
road
railway track
bus route
qǐ pǎo xiàn
the starting line (of a race)
scratch line (in a relay race)
xiàn suǒ
trail
clues
thread (of a story)
dǐ xiàn
to underline
bottom line
base line (in sports)
baseline
minimum
spy
plant
dǎo huǒ xiàn
a fuse (for explosives)
fig. proximate cause
the last straw
fáng xiàn
defensive line or perimeter
CL:道[dao4]
shēng chǎn xiàn
assembly line
production line
mǔ xiàn
generating line
generatrix (in geometry)
bus (in electronics)
bus bar
quán xiàn
the whole front (in a war)
the whole length (of a road or railway line)
xiàn quān
solenoid (electrical engineering)
coil
qū xiàn
curve
curved line
indirect
in a roundabout way
hǎi àn xiàn
coastline
seaboard
shoreline
jiè xiàn
limits
bounds
dividing line
guāng xiàn
light ray
CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]
light
illumination
lighting (for a photograph)
zhī xiàn
branch line
side road
spur
fig. secondary plot (in a story)
qián xiàn
front line
military front
workface
cutting edge
jī xiàn
base (of a triangle)
base line (in geodetic survey)
horizontal
diàn xiàn
wire
power cord
CL:根[gen1]
zhé xiàn
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments)
polygonal line
dog leg
zhōng xiàn
half-way line
median line
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