thread, line, wire; clue
DEFINITIONS
- thread, line, wire
- clue
- variant of 線|线[xian4]
- thread
- string
- wire
- line
- CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]
- (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
WORDS
| 主線 zhǔ xiàn | main line (of communication); main thread (of a plotline or concept); central theme |
| 乙種射線 yǐ zhǒng shè xiàn | beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay) |
| 事業線 shì yè xiàn | (slang) cleavage; (palmistry) business line |
| 二次曲線 èr cì qū xiàn | quadratic curve (geometry); conic |
| 五線譜 wǔ xiàn pǔ | (music) staff; stave |
| 交叉陰影線 jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiàn | hatched lines; cross-hatched graphic pattern |
| 人民陣線 rén mín zhèn xiàn | popular front |
| 人行橫道線 rén xíng héng dào xiàn | crosswalk; pedestrian crossing with zebra stripes |
| 代數曲線 dài shù qū xiàn | algebraic curve |
| 伏線 fú xiàn | foreshadowing (literary device) |
| 伽瑪射線 jiā mǎ shè xiàn | gamma ray (loanword) |
| 伽馬射線 gā mǎ shè xiàn | gamma rays |
| 佔線 zhàn xiàn | busy (telephone line) |
| 來復線 lái fù xiàn | rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet) |
| 來福線 lái fú xiàn | rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun) |
| 倫琴射線 lún qín shè xiàn | X-ray; Röntgen or Roentgen ray |
| 做針線 zuò zhēn xiàn | to do needlework |
| 停火線 tíng huǒ xiàn | cease-fire line |
| 傳輸線 chuán shū xiàn | transmission line |
| 光射線 guāng shè xiàn | light ray |
| 光線 guāng xiàn | light ray; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]; light; illumination; lighting (for a photograph) |
| 內線交易 nèi xiàn jiāo yì | insider trading (illegal share-dealing) |
| 內線消息 nèi xiàn xiāo xi | insider information |
| 全線 quán xiàn | the whole front (in a war); the whole length (of a road or railway line) |
| 凸摺線 tū zhé xiàn | convex polygonal line |