线 xiàn

line, thread, wire; clue

HSK 4 #430

DEFINITIONS

  • line, thread, 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)

STROKES

WORDS

接线盒 jiē xiàn hé junction box (elec.)
提线木偶 tí xiàn mù ǒu marionette
插线板 chā xiàn bǎn power strip; powerboard (with multiple electrical sockets)
摺线 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments); polygonal line; dog leg
摆线 bǎi xiàn cycloid
收线 shōu xiàn to reel in (a fishing line etc); to hang up the phone
攻击线 gōng jī xiàn the front line; the attack (e.g. football forwards)
放长线钓大鱼 fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
数字用户线路 shù zì yòng hù xiàn lù digital subscriber line (DSL)
数据总线 shù jù zǒng xiàn data bus (computer)
文山线 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)
斜线号 xié xiàn hào slash (punct.); forward slash (computing); virgule; slanting line; oblique line
断层线 duàn céng xiàn geological fault line
断线 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
断线钳 duàn xiàn qián bolt cutter
断线风筝 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall
时间线 shí jiān xiàn timeline
暗线光谱 àn xiàn guāng pǔ dark-line spectrum
曲线拟合 qū xiàn nǐ hé curve fitting
曲线救国 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
曲线论 qū xiàn lùn the theory of curves
曲线锯 qū xiàn ju jigsaw
有线新闻网 yǒu xiàn xīn wén wǎng Cable Network News (CNN)
木栅线 mù zhà xiàn Taipei Metro Muzha Line, former name of the Wenshan Line 文山線|文山线[Wen2 shan1 xian4]
本初子午线 běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn the first meridian; the prime meridian
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