前线 前線 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge syn 沉积厚度线 chén jī hòu duó xiàn one per cent sediment thickness line / Gardiner line / sediment thickness formula line / sediment thickness line 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 前边 前邊 qián bian front / the front side / in front of syn 第一线和第二线 第一線和第二線 front line and second line 虚线 虛線 xū xiàn dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线, broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 通勤测深线 通勤測深線 tòng qín cè shēn xiàn transit line / line of transit / trackline of sounding / cruise line of sounding / track sounding survey 大陆坡脚线 大陸坡腳線 foot of the slope line / foot of slope line / FOS line 等距线 等距線 equidistance line / equidistant line / line of equidistance 摺线 摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 齐格菲防线 齊格菲防線 qí gé fēi fáng xiàn Siegfried Line, line of German military defenses during WWI and WWII 战力 戰力 zhàn lì military strength / military power / military capability 韬略 韜略 tāo lüè military strategy / military tactics / originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4] syn 军事新闻主任 軍事新聞主任 chief military information officer / chief military public information officer / chief military press information officer 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 跟前 gēn qián the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date) syn 前端 qián duān front / front end / forward part of sth syn 前部 qián bù front part / front section 铺面 鋪面 pù miàn front window / store front syn 前院 qián yuàn front courtyard / front yard 装点门面 裝點門面 zhuāng diǎn mén miàn lit. to decorate the front of one's store (idiom) / fig. to embellish (one's CV, etc) / to keep up appearances / to put up a front 人来疯 人來瘋 rén lái fēng to get hyped up in front of an audience / (of children) to play up in front of guests 拯救阿富汗伊斯兰民族联合阵线 United Islamic and National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan / United Front 塔瓦福克伊拉克阵线 塔瓦福克伊拉克陣線 tǎ wǎ fú kè yī lā kè zhèn xiàn Tawafoq Iraqi Front / Iraqi Accord Front 伊拉克和谐阵线 伊拉克和諧陣線 Tawafoq Iraqi Front / Iraqi Accord Front 蒂格雷人民解放阵线 蒂格雷人民解放陣線 Tigre Popular Liberation Front / Tigre People Liberation Front 埃塞俄比亚人民革命民主阵线 埃塞俄比亞人民革命民主陣線 Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front / Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front Madeshi 解放阵线 Madeshi 解放陣線 Madeshi Liberation Front / Madeshi National Liberation Front 封里 封裡 fēng lǐ inside front cover (sometimes refers to both inside front and inside back covers) 一线 一線 yī xiàn front line syn 前锋 前鋒 qián fēng vanguard / front line / a forward (sports) syn 全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 后方 後方 hòu fāng the rear / far behind the front line syn 战线 戰線 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front syn 第一线 第一線 dì yī xiàn front line / forefront 阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn 临阵 臨陣 lín zhèn just before the battle / to approach the front line 前哨 qián shào outpost / (fig.) front line 攻击线 攻擊線 gōng jī xiàn the front line / the attack (e.g. football forwards) 前线非洲 qián xiàn fēi zhōu "Front-line Africa" 前线国家 前線國家 front-line States 声援前线国家国际会议 聲援前線國家國際會議 International Conference in Solidarity with Front-Line States 第一线服务 第一線服務 front-line services 阵地 陣地 zhèn dì (military) position / front syn 支前 zhī qián to support the front (military) 纵 縱 zòng vertical / north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / from front to back / longitudinal / lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / (bound form) to release (a captive) / to indulge / to leap up / (literary) even if syn 扼喉抚背 扼喉撫背 è hóu fǔ bèi lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom) / fig. to occupy all key points (military) 生产线 生產線 shēng chǎn xiàn assembly line / production line 专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 中线 中線 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line 干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 起跑线 起跑線 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 站队 站隊 zhàn duì to line up / to stand in line / (fig.) to take sides / to side with sb / to align oneself with a faction syn 行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn 控制线 控制線 kòng zhì xiàn line of control / control line 曲线图 曲線圖 qū xiàn tú line graph / line diagram 线图 線圖 xiàn tú line drawing / diagram / line graph 整队 整隊 zhěng duì to dress (troops) / to line up (to arrange in a straight line) 逐行扫描 逐行掃描 zhú háng sǎo miáo line by line scanning / progressive scanning 底边 底邊 dǐ biān base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt) syn 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 补给线 supply line / line of supply 压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line) 装配线 裝配線 zhuāng pèi xiàn assembly line / production line 实线 實線 shí xiàn solid line / continuous line 垂线 垂線 chuí xiàn (math.) perpendicular line / vertical line syn 墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 基准线 基准線 jī zhǔn xiàn datum line / reference line 排 pái a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 排 pǎi a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 长蛇阵 長蛇陣 cháng shé zhèn single-line formation (army) / fig. long line 准线 準線 zhǔn xiàn directrix line of a parabola / guide line 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 加塞儿 加塞兒 jiā sāi r to push into a line out of turn / to cut in line / to jump the queue syn 投影线 投影線 tóu yǐng xiàn line of project / projection line 斜线号 斜線號 xié xiàn hào slash (punct.) / forward slash (computing) / virgule / slanting line / oblique line 木栅线 木柵線 mù zhà xiàn Taipei Metro Muzha Line, former name of the Wenshan Line 文山線|文山线[Wen2 shan1 xian4] 正确路线 正確路線 zhèng què lù xiàn correct line (i.e. the party line) 种系 種系 zhǒng xì evolutionary line / line of descent 纵线 縱線 zòng xiàn vertical line / vertical coordinate line 通信线 通信線 tōng xìn xiàn communication line / hot line 队尾 隊尾 duì wěi back of the line / last one in line 龙门山断层 龍門山斷層 lóng mén shān duàn céng Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin 龙门断层 龍門斷層 lóng mén duàn céng Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin 测量线 測量線 cè liàng xiàn survey track / survey line / track line 二线运输工具 èr xiàn yùn shū gōng jù second-line transportation / second-line transport 主导爆索 zhǔ dǎo bào suǒ main detonating line / main line 排雷直列装药 mine-clearing line charge / explosive line charge 细列项目预算 細列項目預算 xì liè xiàng mù yù suàn line budgeting / line item budget 撤退线 撤退線 chè tuì xiàn withdrawal line / line of withdrawal 地震剖面定位 seismic line positioning / line positioning 三线运输 三線運輸 sān xiàn yùn shū third-line transportation / third-line transport 低潮线 低潮線 dī cháo xiàn low-water line / LW line / low-tide mark 一线运输 一線運輸 yī xiàn yùn shū first-line transportation / first-line transport 一线运输工具 一線運輸工具 yī xiàn yùn shū gōng jù first-line transportation / first-line transport 相邻测深线 相鄰測深線 adjacent survey line / adjacent line 