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
| 文山線 wén shān xiàn | Taipei Metro Wenshan Line (known as the Muzha Line 木柵線|木栅线[Mu4 zha4 xian4] prior to October 8, 2009) |
| 斑馬線 bān mǎ xiàn | crosswalk; zebra crossing |
| 斜線 xié xiàn | diagonal line; slanting line; slash (punct.); forward slash (computing) |
| 斜線號 xié xiàn hào | slash (punct.); forward slash (computing); virgule; slanting line; oblique line |
| 新幹線 xīn gàn xiàn | Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) |
| 斷層線 duàn céng xiàn | geological fault line |
| 斷線 duàn xiàn | (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break; (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued; (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected; cut off |
| 斷線鉗 duàn xiàn qián | bolt cutter |
| 斷線風箏 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng | a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall |
| 時間線 shí jiān xiàn | timeline |
| 暗線光譜 àn xiàn guāng pǔ | dark-line spectrum |
| 曲線 qū xiàn | curve; curved line; indirect; in a roundabout way |
| 曲線圖 qū xiàn tú | line graph; line diagram |
| 曲線擬合 qū xiàn nǐ hé | curve fitting |
| 曲線救國 qū xiàn jiù guó | (of sb who ostensibly collaborated with the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945) to secretly work for the Nationalists or against the Communists |
| 曲線論 qū xiàn lùn | the theory of curves |
| 曲線鋸 qū xiàn ju | jigsaw |
| 有線 yǒu xiàn | wired; cable (television) |
| 有線新聞網 yǒu xiàn xīn wén wǎng | Cable Network News (CNN) |
| 有線電視 yǒu xiàn diàn shì | cable television |
| 木柵線 mù zhà xiàn | Taipei Metro Muzha Line, former name of the Wenshan Line 文山線|文山线[Wen2 shan1 xian4] |
| 本初子午線 běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn | the first meridian; the prime meridian |
| 束線帶 shù xiàn dài | cable tie |
| 格林尼治本初子午線 gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn | the Greenwich meridian |
| 桑地諾民族解放陣線 sāng dì nuò mín zú jiě fàng zhèn xiàn | Sandinista National Liberation Front |