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 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 路 lù road (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort / kind 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 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn 努力 nǔ lì to make an effort / to try hard / to strive / hard-working / conscientious syn 目录 目錄 mù lù catalog / table of contents / directory (on computer hard drive) / list / contents syn 队伍 隊伍 duì wǔ ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] syn 开通 開通 kāi tōng to open (a new road or railway line) / to set up (a hotline) / to launch (a service) / to subscribe to (a members-only service) syn 分配 fēn pèi to distribute / to assign / to allocate / to partition (a hard drive) syn 思维 思維 sī wéi (line of) thought / thinking syn 辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s) syn 难得 難得 nán dé seldom / rare / hard to come by syn 沉重 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical syn 视线 視線 shì xiàn line of sight 艰难 艱難 jiān nán difficult / hard / challenging syn 难免 難免 nán miǎn hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably syn 艰苦 艱苦 jiān kǔ difficult / hard / arduous syn 力争 力爭 lì zhēng to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly syn 排队 排隊 pái duì to line up 顽强 頑強 wán qiáng tenacious / hard to defeat syn 终点 終點 zhōng diǎn the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 坚固 堅固 jiān gù firm / firmly / hard / stable syn 坚硬 堅硬 jiān yìng hard / solid syn 难堪 難堪 nán kān hard to take / embarrassed syn 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears 串行 chuàn háng to miss a line / to confuse two lines 受罪 shòu zuì to endure / to suffer / hardships / torments / a hard time / a nuisance syn 闭塞 閉塞 bì sè to stop up / to close up / hard to get to / out of the way / inaccessible / unenlightened / blocking syn 争气 爭氣 zhēng qì to work hard for sth / to resolve on improvement / determined not to fall short syn 血汗钱 血汗錢 xuè hàn qián hard-earned money syn 操劳 操勞 cāo láo to work hard / to look after syn 硬笔 硬筆 yìng bǐ generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes 传输线 傳輸線 chuán shū xiàn transmission line 行号 行號 háng hào (computing) (text file) line number / (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership) 占线 佔線 zhàn xiàn busy (telephone line) syn 难兄难弟 難兄難弟 nán xiōng nán dì lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other syn 苦尽甘来 苦盡甘來 kǔ jìn gān lái bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom) / the hard times are over, the good times just beginning syn 千锤百炼 千錘百鍊 qiān chuí bǎi liàn after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life syn 表嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 划 劃 huà to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character syn 折线图 折線圖 zhé xiàn tú line chart 刚 剛 gāng hard / firm / strong / just / barely / exactly syn 背 bèi the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing syn 画 畫 huà to draw / to paint / picture / painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]) / to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) syn 硬 yìng hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial syn 挂 掛 guà to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects syn 累 lèi tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard syn 挨 ái to suffer / to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay / to stall / to play for time / to dawdle syn 钓 釣 diào to fish with a hook and line / to angle syn 磕 kē to tap / to knock (against sth hard) / to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc) syn 孤军奋战 孤軍奮戰 gū jūn fèn zhàn lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support syn 手头紧 手頭緊 shǒu tóu jǐn short of money / hard up syn 难以 難以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc) syn 硬盘 硬盤 yìng pán hard disk 一句 yī jù a line of verse / a sentence 线路 線路 xiàn lù (electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route syn 剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre) 路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 思路 sī lù line of thought / way of thinking syn 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that syn 一线 一線 yī xiàn front line syn 曲线 曲線 qū xiàn curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way 生产线 生產線 shēng chǎn xiàn assembly line / production line 直线 直線 zhí xiàn straight line / sharply (rise or fall) 前锋 前鋒 qián fēng vanguard / front line / a forward (sports) syn 下线 下線 xià xiàn to go offline / (of a product) to roll off the assembly line / downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme) 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 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] 全线 全線 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line) 苦苦 kǔ kǔ strenuously / persistently / hard / painful 一字 yī zì in a row / in a line 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 前线 前線 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge syn 后方 後方 hòu fāng the rear / far behind the front line syn 连线 連線 lián xiàn electrical lead / connecting line / (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc) / to go online / connection / (congressional) caucus 防线 防線 fáng xiàn defensive line or perimeter / CL:道[dao4] 机车 機車 jī chē locomotive / train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with / to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn! / crap! 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 疑难 疑難 yí nán hard to understand / difficult to deal with / knotty / complicated syn 接轨 接軌 jiē guǐ railtrack connection / to integrate into sth / to dock / to connect / to be in step with / to bring into line with / to align syn 分数线 分數線 fēn shù xiàn horizontal line (in a fraction) / minimum passing score 力学 力學 lì xué mechanics / to study hard 迷离 迷離 mí lí blurred / hard to make out distinctly syn 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 通车 通車 tōng chē to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute 战线 戰線 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front syn 固定电话 固定電話 gù dìng diàn huà fixed-line telephone / landline telephone 中线 中線 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line 难以置信 難以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn (idiom) hard to believe / incredible syn 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 出线 出線 chū xiàn (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 硬座 yìng zuò hard seat (on trains or boats) 硬卧 硬臥 yìng wò hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk) 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 命令行 mìng lìng háng command line (computing) 