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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *線* | 線* | *線
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *綫* | 綫* | *綫
variant of 線|线
HSK 3
light ray / CL: 條|条, / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)
HSK 5
trail / clues / thread (of a story)
HSK 5
straight line / sharply (rise or fall)
HSK 5
hotline (communications link)
HSK 6
(electricity) line; circuit; wire / (traffic) road; track; route
HSK 6
online
HSK 7-9
wireless
HSK 7-9
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
front line / military front / workface / cutting edge
HSK 7-9
radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) / a radio
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
lifeline
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
online
ultraviolet ray
oblique line / slash (symbol)
power cable (of an appliance etc)
electrical lead; connecting line / (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc); to go online; connection / (congressional) caucus
linear / linearity
(computing) offline
wired / cable (television)
air or shipping route
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
infrared ray
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
solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil
minimum passing score for admission
battle line / battlefront / front
cable television
to go offline / (of a product) to roll off the assembly line / downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme)
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
linear velocity
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
hub (network)
rice-flour noodles
(computing) thread
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
thread spool
to delineate / to draw a line / to underline
dental floss / CL: 條|条
spy / informer
the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
contour line
horizontal line / (math.) horizontal axis
middle road (in politics)
fishing line
horizon
long term
(music) staff / stave
streamline (physics)
coastline / seaboard / shoreline
pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
central axis (line)
linear algebra
skyline / horizon
insider trading (illegal share-dealing)
silk thread (for sewing); silk yarn (for weaving)
arc
tangent line (geometry)
spiral
cotton thread / yarn cotton
earth (wire) / ground
electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:
(idiom) a chance of survival; a fighting chance; a ray of hope
nonlinear (math.)
incense stick
to pull strings / to manipulate (a puppet) / to control from behind the scene / to mediate
parabola
yarn
Tropic of Cancer
sleek / streamlined
railway line
marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists) / reticle / graticule
twisted pair (cabling)

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