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 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 前线 前線 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge syn 一线 一線 yī xiàn front line syn 战线 戰線 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front syn 后方 後方 hòu fāng the rear / far behind the front line syn 前锋 前鋒 qián fēng vanguard / front line / a forward (sports) syn 阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn 前院 qián yuàn front courtyard / front yard 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] 前哨 qián shào outpost / (fig.) front line 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 起跑线 起跑線 qǐ pǎo xiàn the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) 前端 qián duān front / front end / forward part of sth syn 前边 前邊 qián bian front / the front side / in front of syn 干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 劳务 勞務 láo wù service (work done for money) / services (as in "goods and services") syn 中线 中線 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line 控制线 控制線 kòng zhì xiàn line of control / control line 毛遂自荐 毛遂自薦 máo suì zì jiàn Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom) / to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states) syn 第一线 第一線 dì yī xiàn front line / forefront 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 虚线 虛線 xū xiàn dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line 底边 底邊 dǐ biān base (of a triangle) / base line / hem line (of skirt) syn 曲线图 曲線圖 qū xiàn tú line graph / line diagram 垂线 垂線 chuí xiàn (math.) perpendicular line / vertical line syn 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 铺面 鋪面 pù miàn front window / store front syn 装配线 裝配線 zhuāng pèi xiàn assembly line / production line 跟前 gēn qián the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date) syn 前部 qián bù front part / front section 临阵 臨陣 lín zhèn just before the battle / to approach the front line 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 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 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) 实线 實線 shí xiàn solid line / continuous line 前敌 前敵 qián dí front line (military) syn 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 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 准线 準線 zhǔn xiàn directrix line of a parabola / guide line 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 长蛇阵 長蛇陣 cháng shé zhèn single-line formation (army) / fig. long line 前 qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn 一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn 路 lù road (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind syn 面前 miàn qián in front of / facing / (in the) presence (of) syn 收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn 前面 qián miàn ahead / in front / preceding / above / also pr. [qian2 mian5] syn 队伍 隊伍 duì wǔ ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] syn 拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn 对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 领先 領先 lǐng xiān to lead / to be in front syn 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 钓鱼 釣魚 diào yú to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing syn 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 排队 排隊 pái duì to line up 终点 終點 zhōng diǎn the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 线路 線路 xiàn lù (electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route syn 口径 口徑 kǒu jìng bore / caliber / diameter / aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue) / version (of events) / account / narrative / line syn 视线 視線 shì xiàn line of sight 思维 思維 sī wéi (line of) thought / thinking syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 一流 yī liú top quality / front ranking syn 底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 强硬 強硬 qiáng yìng tough / unyielding / hard-line syn 前方 qián fāng ahead / the front syn 表弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 颠倒 顛倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy syn 消费 消費 xiāo fèi to consume (goods and services, resources etc) syn 曲线 曲線 qū xiàn curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way 门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door 直线 直線 zhí xiàn straight line / sharply (rise or fall) 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre) 思路 sī lù line of thought / way of thinking syn 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 电话线 電話線 diàn huà xiàn telephone line / telephone wire 头版 頭版 tóu bǎn (newspaper's) front page syn 线条 線條 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) syn 防线 防線 fáng xiàn defensive line or perimeter / CL:道[dao4] 前后 前後 qián hòu around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear syn 当着 當著 dāng zhe in front of / in the presence of syn 当众 當眾 dāng zhòng in public / in front of everybody syn 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 阵地 陣地 zhèn dì (military) position / front syn 眼线 眼線 yǎn xiàn informer / snitch / spy / scout / (cosmetics) eye line syn 税务 稅務 shuì wù taxation services / state revenue service 表亲 表親 biǎo qīn cousin (via female line) 停机 停機 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 前头 前頭 qián tou in front / at the head / ahead / above syn 