线

xiàn

thread; string; wire, line, sth. shaped like a line, thread, etc., route; line, demarcation line; boundary, (political) line, brink; verge, clue; thread, (used with numeral 一 before abstract things, indicating very little)

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clue; line; string; stringy; thread; tie; verge; wire

【医】 line; line Of occlusion; linea; lineae; lineae poplitea; mito-; nemato-

soleal line; strand; thread

【经】 line

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line; thread; string; route

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xiàn

n. filament, thread, string, wire, line, route, boundary, something shaped like a line

xiàn

n. coil, roll

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1)

xian4

variant of 線, 线

2)

xian4

thread, string, wire, line, CL:條, 条,股,根

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线(綫 )

xiàn

名

（用丝、棉、金属等制成的细长的东西） thread; string; wire:

棉(丝)线 cotton (silk) thread;

铜线 copper wire;

针眼太小线穿不进去。 The needle-eye is too small to hold the thread.

{数} （一个点任意移动所构成的图形） line:

曲线 curve; curved line;

直线 straight line

（用棉线做的） made of cotton thread:

线手套 cotton gloves;

线衣线裤 cotton knitwear

（细长像线的东西） sth. shaped like a line, thread, etc.:

光线 ray;

线香 a slender stick of incense

（交通路线） route; line:

长大线 the Changchun-Dalian Railway (line);

供应线 supply route (line);

航线 airline or shipping line;

铁道线 railway line

（边缘交界的地方） demarcation line; boundary:

边界线 boundary line;

海岸线 coastline;

军事分界线 military demarcation line

（所接近的某种边际） brink; verge:

生命线 lifeline; lifeblood;

在饥饿线上 on the brink of starvation;

在死亡线上 on the verge of death

（思想上、政治上的路线） (political) line:

上纲上线 raise to a higher plane of principle and two-line struggle

（线索） clue; thread:

案子的线儿断了。 The clue could not be followed up.

量

（用于抽象事物， 数词限用“一”）:

一线光明 a gleam of light;

一线生机 a slim chance of life;

一线希望 a ray (gleam) of hope

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-A

綫|线 [xiàn] ► variant of ↑線|↑线 [xiàn]

-B

線|线 [xiàn] ► thread ► string ► wire ► line ► CL:↑條|↑条 [tiáo],↑股 [gǔ],↑根 [gēn]