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
| 戰線 zhàn xiàn | battle line; battlefront; front |
| 投影線 tóu yǐng xiàn | line of project; projection line |
| 折線 zhé xiàn | broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments); polygonal line; dog leg |
| 折線圖 zhé xiàn tú | line chart |
| 拆線 chāi xiàn | to remove stitches (from a wound) |
| 拋物線 pāo wù xiàn | parabola |
| 括線 kuò xiàn | small angle brackets 「 」 |
| 捲線器 juǎn xiàn qì | fishing reel |
| 掉線 diào xiàn | to get disconnected (from the Internet) |
| 掛線 guà xiàn | to hang up the phone |
| 接線 jiē xiàn | wiring; to connect a wire |
| 接線員 jiē xiàn yuán | switchboard operator |
| 接線生 jiē xiàn shēng | switchboard operator; phone operator |
| 接線盒 jiē xiàn hé | junction box (elec.) |
| 提線木偶 tí xiàn mù ǒu | marionette |
| 插線板 chā xiàn bǎn | power strip; powerboard (with multiple electrical sockets) |
| 摺線 zhé xiàn | variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments); polygonal line; dog leg |
| 擺線 bǎi xiàn | cycloid |
| 支線 zhī xiàn | branch line; side road; spur; fig. secondary plot (in a story) |
| 收線 shōu xiàn | to reel in (a fishing line etc); to hang up the phone |
| 攻擊線 gōng jī xiàn | the front line; the attack (e.g. football forwards) |
| 放射線 fàng shè xiàn | radiation; rays of radiation |
| 放長線釣大魚 fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú | use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns |
| 數字用戶線路 shù zì yòng hù xiàn lù | digital subscriber line (DSL) |
| 數據總線 shù jù zǒng xiàn | data bus (computer) |