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
| 圓滑線 yuán huá xiàn | slur (music) |
| 圓錐曲線 yuán zhuī qū xiàn | conic section |
| 在線 zài xiàn | online |
| 地平線 dì píng xiàn | horizon |
| 地線 dì xiàn | earth (wire); ground |
| 均線 jūn xiàn | graph of average values |
| 均線指標 jūn xiàn zhǐ biāo | moving average index (used in financial analysis) |
| 垂直線 chuí zhí xiàn | vertical line |
| 垂線 chuí xiàn | (math.) perpendicular line; vertical line |
| 埋線 mái xiàn | sunken cord (used in bookbinding) |
| 基線 jī xiàn | base (of a triangle); base line (in geodetic survey); horizontal |
| 墨線 mò xiàn | inked line; carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) |
| 壓線 yā xiàn | pressure crease; fig. to toil for sb else's benefit; line ball (i.e. on the line) |
| 壓線鉗 yā xiàn qián | crimping pliers; amp pliers |
| 外環線 wài huán xiàn | outer ring (road or rail line) |
| 外線 wài xiàn | (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position; (telephony) outside line; (basketball) outside the three-point line |
| 大地線 dà dì xiàn | a geodesic (curve) |
| 天線 tiān xiàn | antenna; mast; connection with high-ranking officials |
| 天線寶寶 tiān xiàn bǎo bǎo | Teletubbies |
| 天際線 tiān jì xiàn | skyline; horizon |
| 子午線 zǐ wǔ xiàn | meridian |
| 宇宙射線 yǔ zhòu shè xiàn | cosmic ray |
| 宇宙線 yǔ zhòu xiàn | cosmic ray |
| 定直線 dìng zhí xiàn | directrix of a parabola |
| 實線 shí xiàn | solid line; continuous line |