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itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *线* | 线* | *线
thread / string / wire / line / CL: 條|条, , / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *线* | 线* | *线
variant of 線|线
HSK 3
straight line / sharply (rise or fall)
HSK 5
trail / clues / thread (of a story)
HSK 5
light ray / CL: 條|条, / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)
HSK 5
(electricity) line; circuit; wire / (traffic) road; track; route
HSK 6
hotline (communications link)
HSK 6
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
radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) / a radio
HSK 7-9
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
antenna; aerial / (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people
HSK 7-9
wireless
HSK 7-9
curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way
HSK 7-9
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
wire / power cord / CL:
HSK 7-9
line of sight
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
front line / military front / workface / cutting edge
HSK 7-9
along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line
HSK 7-9
limits / bounds / dividing line
HSK 7-9
lifeline
HSK 7-9
front line / forefront
HSK 7-9
front line
HSK 7-9
Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
snow line
crimping pliers / amp pliers
deadline (loanword)
Sandinista National Liberation Front
thread spool
dark-line spectrum
cable / wire / cord (computer)
online
to thread a needle
twine
oblique line / slash (symbol)
telephone line
(computing) ray tracing
railway line
ultraviolet ray
insider contacts / via private channels / to seek influence with sb via family members (possibly dishonest or underhand)
wiring / to connect a wire
dividing line
twisted pair (cabling)
needlework / working for a living as a needleworker
(computing) Universal Serial Bus; USB
yard line (sports)
red line
ray
line chart
digital subscriber line (DSL)
line segment
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
computer bus
meridian
national border
dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line
pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
vertical line / vertical coordinate line
(dialect) wicker sewing basket
linear / linearity
main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
wiring
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(geometry) normal line
(computing) thread
defensive line or perimeter / CL:
(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off
spy / informer
the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
(computing) offline
yarn
transceiver / radio frequency receiver, broadcaster or relay
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)
rice-flour noodles
solid line / continuous line
fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle
X-ray / Röntgen or Roentgen ray
streamline (physics)
string / thread
branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)
air or shipping route
arc
FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
firing line (battle) / live electrical wire
wired / cable (television)
electrical lead; connecting line / (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc); to go online; connection / (congressional) caucus
(music) staff / stave
a geodesic
long term
solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil
silk thread (for sewing); silk yarn (for weaving)
(math.) perpendicular line / vertical line
candlestick (in a candlestick chart)
special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL: 條|条
horizontal line (in a fraction) / minimum passing score
to go offline / (of a product) to roll off the assembly line / downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme)
battle line / battlefront / front
pipeline / general term for pipes, cables etc
mitochondrion

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