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 lù
line
circuit
wire
road
railway track
bus route
xiàn tiáo
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc)
the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
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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