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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
(electricity) line; circuit; wire / (traffic) road; track; route
HSK 6
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
radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) / a radio
HSK 7-9
line of sight
HSK 7-9
antenna; aerial / (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people
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
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
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line
crosswalk / zebra crossing
polytene chromosome
cable tie
isobar (line of equal pressure)
power cable (of an appliance etc)
insider trading (illegal share-dealing)
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
(proverb) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
twisted pair (cabling)
linear / linearity
(computing) thread
(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
eyeliner (cosmetics)
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
Qinghai-Tibet Railway
battle line / battlefront / front
short term
red line
extension cord / extended line / powerstrip
defensive line or perimeter / CL:
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
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
earth (wire) / ground
cathode ray tube
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
the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses
horizon
long term
line graph / line diagram
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
electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:
(idiom) a chance of survival; a fighting chance; a ray of hope
nonlinear (math.)
thread spool
incense stick
to pull strings / to manipulate (a puppet) / to control from behind the scene / to mediate
parabola

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