队 伍 duì wǔ ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] 线 路 xiàn lù (electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route 线 条 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) 口 径 kǒu jìng bore / caliber / diameter / aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue) / version (of events) / account / narrative / line 行 row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column 长 队 cháng duì line (i.e. of people waiting) / queue 一 句 yī jù a line of verse / a sentence 剧 情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre) 路 线 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 思 路 sī lù line of thought / way of thinking 一 线 yī xiàn front line 视 线 shì xiàn line of sight 曲 线 qū xiàn curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way 生 产 线 shēng chǎn xiàn assembly line / production line 直 线 zhí xiàn straight line / sharply (rise or fall) 前 锋 qián fēng vanguard / front line / a forward (sports) 下 线 xià xiàn to go offline / (of a product) to roll off the assembly line / downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme) 专 线 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 排 队 pái duì to line up 一 字 yī zì in a row / in a line 钓 鱼 diào yú to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing 前 线 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge 后 方 hòu fāng the rear / far behind the front line 连 线 lián xiàn electrical lead / connecting line / (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc) / to go online / connection / (congressional) caucus 防 线 fáng xiàn defensive line or perimeter / CL:道[dao4] 终 点 zhōng diǎn the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL:個|个[ge4] 底 线 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant 接 轨 jiē guǐ railtrack connection / to integrate into sth / to dock / to connect / to be in step with / to bring into line with / to align 分 数 线 fēn shù xiàn horizontal line (in a fraction) / minimum passing score 沿 线 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 通 车 tōng chē to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute 战 线 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front 中 线 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line 表 哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 出 线 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 表 妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 命 令 行 mìng lìng háng command line (computing) 主 线 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme 终 点 站 zhōng diǎn zhàn terminus / final stop on rail or bus line 流 水 线 liú shuǐ xiàn assembly line / (computing) pipeline 铁 道 tiě dào railway line / rail track 电 话 线 diàn huà xiàn telephone line / telephone wire 停 机 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 第 一 线 dì yī xiàn front line / forefront 表 姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 红 线 hóng xiàn red line 火 线 huǒ xiàn firing line (battle) / live electrical wire 干 线 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 论 点 lùn diǎn argument / line of reasoning / thesis / point (of discussion) 因 地 制 宜 yīn dì zhì yí (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances 串 行 chuàn háng to miss a line / to confuse two lines 界 线 jiè xiàn limits / bounds / dividing line 外 线 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 表 弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 支 线 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story) 眼 线 yǎn xiàn informer / snitch / spy / scout / (cosmetics) eye line 连 接 线 lián jiē xiàn bridging line 本 行 běn háng one's line / one's own profession 划 线 huà xiàn to delineate / to draw a line / to underline 阵 线 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) 环 线 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 起 跑 线 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 名 句 míng jù oft-quoted phrase / famous line 长 龙 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc) 换 行 huàn háng to wrap (text) / line feed (computing) 临 阵 lín zhèn just before the battle / to approach the front line 站 队 zhàn duì to line up / to stand in line / (fig.) to take sides / to side with sb / to align oneself with a faction 分 水 岭 fēn shuǐ lǐng dividing range / drainage divide / (fig.) dividing line / watershed 分 界 线 fēn jiè xiàn dividing line 春 联 chūn lián Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side) 横 线 héng xiàn horizontal line / (math.) horizontal axis 线 段 xiàn duàn line segment 外 孙 wài sūn daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line 边 线 biān xiàn sideline / foul line 越 轨 yuè guǐ to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety 因 材 施 教 yīn cái shī jiào (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability 斜 线 xié xiàn oblique line / slash (symbol) 插 队 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) 高 压 线 gāo yā xiàn high tension power line 交 通 线 jiāo tòng xiàn line of communication 群 众 路 线 qún zhòng lù xiàn the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses 人 之 初 rén zhī chū man at birth (is fundamentally good in nature) / the first line of Three character classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 jing1] 延 长 线 yán cháng xiàn extension cord / extended line / powerstrip 传 输 线 chuán shū xiàn transmission line 控 制 线 kòng zhì xiàn line of control / control line 嫡 系 dí xì direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine 行 号 háng hào (computing) (text file) line number / (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership) 母 线 mǔ xiàn generating line / generatrix (in geometry) / bus (in electronics) / bus bar 殉 职 xùn zhí to die in the line of duty 夹 道 jiā dào a narrow street (lined with walls) / to line the street 标 线 biāo xiàn marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists) / reticle / graticule 铁 路 线 tiě lù xiàn railway line 虚 线 xū xiàn dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line 立 论 lì lùn to set forth one's view / to present one's argument / argument / line of reasoning 山 穷 水 尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom) / at the end of the line / nowhere to go 白 线 bái xiàn white line (road markings) 船 舷 chuán xián the sides of a ship / (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges 曲 线 图 qū xiàn tú line graph / line diagram 主 干 线 zhǔ gàn xiàn trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable) 前 哨 qián shào outpost / (fig.) front line
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