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 部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc syn 司 sī to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry) syn 国防部 國防部 guó fáng bù Defense Department / Ministry of National Defense 司法部 sī fǎ bù Ministry of Justice (PRC etc) / Justice Department (USA etc) 内务部 內務部 nèi wù bù Ministry of Internal Affairs 财政部 財政部 cái zhèng bù Ministry of Finance 卫生部 衛生部 wèi shēng bù Ministry of Health 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] 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 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) 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security 农业部 農業部 nóng yè bù Ministry of Agriculture / Department of Agriculture 教育部 jiào yù bù Ministry of Education 干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 交通部 jiāo tōng bù Department of Transportation / (PRC) Ministry of Transport 国家安全部 國家安全部 guó jiā ān quán bù PRC Ministry of State Security 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 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 部属 部屬 bù shǔ troops under one's command / subordinate / affiliated to a ministry syn 公安部 gōng ān bù Ministry of Public Security syn 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 监察部 監察部 jiān chá bù Ministry of Supervision (MOS) 垂线 垂線 chuí xiàn (math.) perpendicular line / vertical line syn 水利部 shuǐ lì bù Ministry of Water Resources (PRC) 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 装配线 裝配線 zhuāng pèi xiàn assembly line / production line 铁道部 鐵道部 tiě dào bù Ministry of Railways (MOR), disbanded in 2013 with its regulatory functions taken over by the Ministry of Transport 交通運輸部|交通运输部[Jiao1 tong1 Yun4 shu1 bu4] 国土资源部 國土資源部 guó tǔ zī yuán bù Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), formed in 1998 民政部 mín zhèng bù Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC 兵部 bīng bù Ministry of War (in imperial China) 内政部 內政部 nèi zhèng bù Ministry of the Interior 刑部 xíng bù Ministry of Justice (in imperial China) 工部 gōng bù Ministry of Works (in imperial China) 吏部 lì bù Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China) 户部 戶部 hù bù Ministry of Revenue in imperial China 礼部 禮部 lǐ bù Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China) 外务省 外務省 wài wù shěng foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea) 法制日报 法制日報 fǎ zhì rì bào Legal Daily, newspaper published by PRC Ministry of Justice 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 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 省 shěng to save / to economize / to be frugal / to omit / to delete / to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) 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 环保部 環保部 huán bǎo bù Ministry of Environmental Protection 长蛇阵 長蛇陣 cháng shé zhèn single-line formation (army) / fig. long line 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 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 队伍 隊伍 duì wǔ ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2] 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 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 强硬 強硬 qiáng yìng tough / unyielding / hard-line syn 表弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 前线 前線 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge syn 曲线 曲線 qū xiàn curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way 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 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] 一线 一線 yī xiàn front line syn 战线 戰線 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front syn 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 后方 後方 hòu fāng the rear / far behind the front line syn 眼线 眼線 yǎn xiàn informer / snitch / spy / scout / (cosmetics) eye line syn 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 论点 論點 lùn diǎn argument / line of reasoning / thesis / point (of discussion) 外孙 外孫 wài sūn daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line syn 前锋 前鋒 qián fēng vanguard / front line / a forward (sports) syn 界线 界線 jiè xiàn limits / bounds / dividing line syn 阵线 陣線 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc) syn 