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thread / string / wire / line / CL: 條|条, , / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
HSK 3
itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
light ray / CL: 條|条, / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)
HSK 5
straight line / sharply (rise or fall)
HSK 5
hotline (communications link)
HSK 6
front line / military front / workface / cutting edge
HSK 7-9
lifeline
HSK 7-9
online; connected to the Internet / (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high level
HSK 7-9
wireless
HSK 7-9
bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy; informer; plant
HSK 7-9
line of sight
HSK 7-9
antenna; aerial / (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people
HSK 7-9
wire / power cord / CL:
HSK 7-9
front line
HSK 7-9
curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way
HSK 7-9
front line / forefront
HSK 7-9
limits / bounds / dividing line
HSK 7-9
along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line
HSK 7-9
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
power cable (of an appliance etc)
voice (as sth that may be described as husky 沙啞|沙哑 or deep 低沉 etc) / (physics) sound ray
tie (music)
electrical lead; connecting line / (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc); to go online; connection / (congressional) caucus
twisted pair (cabling)
(computing) offline
wired / cable (television)
air or shipping route
decay curves
to remove stitches (from a wound)
to go online; to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)
wiring / to connect a wire
(geometry) a diagonal
plumbline
angle bisector
theater chain (abbr. for 電影院線|电影院线)
horizontal line / (math.) horizontal axis
pipeline / general term for pipes, cables etc
special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL: 條|条
Qinghai-Tibet Railway
battle line / battlefront / front
red line
extension cord / extended line / powerstrip
defensive line or perimeter / CL:
short term
half-way line / median line
fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle
assembly line / production line
main line / trunk line
dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line
branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)
one-way road
main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
rice-flour noodles
informer / snitch / spy / scout / (cosmetics) eye line
woof / line of latitude / parallel
(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
knitting wool / wool yarn
to delineate / to draw a line / to underline
dental floss / CL: 條|条
the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
contour line
middle road (in politics)
fishing line
horizon
long term
streamline (physics)
pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
central axis (line)
skyline / horizon
silk thread (for sewing); silk yarn (for weaving)
arc
spiral
cotton thread / yarn cotton
earth (wire) / ground
to pull strings / to manipulate (a puppet) / to control from behind the scene / to mediate
parabola
Tropic of Cancer
railway line
marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists) / reticle / graticule
united front
blockade line; cordon / CL:
finishing line
crosswalk / zebra crossing
lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
to shift one's eyes / (fig.) to shift one's attention / to divert attention
to hang up the phone
wool / woolen thread
the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses
high tension power line
assembly line / production line
vertical line
cosmic ray
warp / line of longitude / meridian (geography)
busy (telephone line)
line of magnetic flux
boundary line / border line
(angling) to play a fish / (kite-flying) to let the string out / (dating) to play the field
Tropic of Capricorn
solid line / continuous line
rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)

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