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
| 凸線 tū xiàn | convex curve |
| 凹線 āo xiàn | groove |
| 出線 chū xiàn | (sports) to go out of bounds; to go over the line; to qualify for the next round of competition; (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade; to achieve success |
| 分數線 fēn shù xiàn | horizontal line (in a fraction); minimum passing score |
| 分水線 fēn shuǐ xiàn | watershed |
| 分界線 fēn jiè xiàn | dividing line |
| 切線 qiē xiàn | tangent line (geometry) |
| 前端總線 qián duān zǒng xiàn | (computing) front-side bus (FSB) |
| 前線 qián xiàn | front line; military front; workface; cutting edge |
| 割線 gē xiàn | secant line (math.) |
| 劃線 huà xiàn | to delineate; to draw a line; to underline |
| 劃線板 huà xiàn bǎn | ruler (used for drawing lines) |
| 北回歸線 běi huí guī xiàn | Tropic of Cancer |
| 南回歸線 nán huí guī xiàn | Tropic of Capricorn |
| 及格線 jí gé xiàn | passing line or score (in an examination) |
| 反斜線 fǎn xié xiàn | backslash (computing); reversed diagonal |
| 司線員 sī xiàn yuán | line judge (tennis etc) |
| 合股線 hé gǔ xiàn | twine |
| 吊線 diào xiàn | plumbline |
| 單絲不成線，獨木不成林 dān sī bù chéng xiàn ， dú mù bù chéng lín | one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom) |
| 單行線 dān xíng xiàn | one-way road |
| 回歸線 huí guī xiàn | tropic; one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer |
| 國內線 guó nèi xiàn | domestic flight; internal line (air, train, ferry etc) |
| 國界線 guó jiè xiàn | border between countries; line forming the border |
| 國際日期變更線 guó jì rì qī biàn gēng xiàn | international date line |