系留线 xì liú xiàn tethering wire / tether wire 保险丝 保險絲 bǎo xiǎn sī fuse wire / (electrical) fuse 电工 電工 diàn gōng electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house) 水电工 水電工 shuǐ diàn gōng plumbing and electrical work / tradesman who does both plumbing and electrical work 电子环保亭 電子環保亭 diàn zǐ huán bǎo tíng "electrical junk center", site for reprocessing of old electrical and electronic equipment 直播 zhí bō (TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding 寄生 jì shēng to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic 独居 獨居 dú jū to live alone / to live a solitary existence 白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn 客居 kè jū to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest syn 寿比南山 壽比南山 shòu bǐ nán shān Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live! syn 白头到老 白頭到老 bái tóu dào lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part 今朝有酒今朝醉 jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì to live in the moment (idiom) / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can 饭糗茹草 飯糗茹草 fàn qiǔ rú cǎo lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty 实况转播 實況轉播 shí kuàng zhuǎn bō to broadcast live from the scene / live relay 相互关爱，共享生命 相互關愛，共享生命 Live and let live 单过 單過 dān guò to live independently / to live on one's own 实况主 實況主 shí kuàng zhǔ live vlogger / live-streamer 直播间 直播間 zhí bō jiān studio for live streaming / a live stream 线路 線路 xiàn lù (electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route syn 钢材 鋼材 gāng cái steel (as raw material) / steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc syn 电网 電網 diàn wǎng electricity grid / power grid / electrified wire netting 电线 電線 diàn xiàn wire / power cord / CL:根[gen1] syn 电话线 電話線 diàn huà xiàn telephone line / telephone wire 接线 接線 jiē xiàn wiring / to connect a wire 钢丝 鋼絲 gāng sī steel wire / tightrope 线缆 線纜 xiàn lǎn cable / wire / cord (computer) 铁丝 鐵絲 tiě sī iron wire / CL:根[gen1] / subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1]) / railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1]) 铁丝网 鐵絲網 tiě sī wǎng wire netting / CL:道[dao4] 回电 回電 huí diàn to call sb back (on the phone) / a return call / to reply to a telegram / to wire back / a reply telegram 地线 地線 dì xiàn earth (wire) / ground 铜丝 銅絲 tóng sī copper wire syn 拔丝 拔絲 bá sī wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating) syn 焊丝 焊絲 hàn sī welding wire syn 钢缆 鋼纜 gāng lǎn steel cable / wire cable / steel hawser syn 熔断 熔斷 róng duàn (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) syn 围网 圍網 wéi wǎng seine net / wire mesh fence / fence screen 线 線 xiàn thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) syn 笊篱 笊籬 zhào li strainer (made of bamboo, wicker, or wire) 拉丝模 拉絲模 lā sī mó die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter) 笼 籠 lóng enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket syn 鎍 suǒ chain / wire 克丝钳子 克絲鉗子 kè sī qián zi wire cutting pincers 金属线 金屬線 jīn shǔ xiàn metal wire 橡皮线 橡皮線 xiàng pí xiàn wire (sheathed in rubber) / cable syn 钢丝锯 鋼絲鋸 gāng sī jù jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade) 线规 xiàn guī wire gauge 爆炸桥丝式雷管 exploding bridge wire detonator / EBW detonator 蛇腹形铁丝网 shé fù xíng tiě sī wǎng concertina wire 有刺铁丝网 yǒu cì tiě sī wǎng barbed wire 破坏铁丝网坦克 破坏鐵絲网坦克 pò huài tiě sī wǎng tǎn kè wire-cutting tank 有刺铁丝网天幕 yǒu cì tiě sī wǎng tiān mù barbed wire apron 管发射、光学跟踪、有线制导导弹 管發射、光學跟蹤、有線制導導彈 tube-launched optically-tracked wire guided missile / TOW missile 陶式导弹 陶式導彈 tube-launched optically-tracked wire guided missile / TOW missile 有刺铁丝圈 有刺鐵絲圈 barbed wire roll 电信欺诈 電信欺詐 wire fraud 线控简易爆炸装置 線控簡易爆炸裝置 command wire improvised explosive device 电传飞控飞机 電傳飛控飛機 fly-by-wire plane 捆绑用钢丝 捆綁用鋼絲 binding wire 克丝钳 克絲鉗 wire cutter 刺钢丝 刺鋼絲 cì gāng sī barbed wire 牛筋草 niú jīn cǎo wire grass (Eleusine indica) 蟋蟀草 xī shuài cǎo wire grass (Eleusine indica) 线尾燕 線尾燕 xiàn wěi yàn (bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) 剥皮钳 剝皮鉗 bāo pí qián wire stripper 熔断丝 熔斷絲 róng duàn sī fuse wire 猪笼 豬籠 zhū lóng cylindrical bamboo or wire frame used to constrain a pig during transport 刀片刺网 刀片刺網 dāo piàn cì wǎng razor wire 刀片铁丝网 刀片鐵絲網 dāo piàn tiě sī wǎng razor wire 电信诈骗 電信詐騙 diàn xìn zhà piàn wire fraud 通稿 tōng gǎo wire copy / press release 电诈 電詐 diàn zhà wire fraud (abbr. for 電信詐騙|电信诈骗[dian4 xin4 zha4 pian4]) 电力 電力 diàn lì electrical power / electricity 电器 電器 diàn qì (electrical) appliance / device syn 电气 電氣 diàn qì electricity / electric / electrical 电机 電機 diàn jī electrical machinery 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 电阻 電阻 diàn zǔ (electrical) resistance 关上 關上 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) syn 放电 放電 fàng diàn electrical discharge / (coll.) to lure / to entice 电热 電熱 diàn rè electrical heating 电能 電能 diàn néng electrical energy 线圈 線圈 xiàn quān solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil syn 导线 導線 dǎo xiàn electrical lead 阻抗 zǔ kàng (electrical) impedance syn 引线 引線 yǐn xiàn fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle syn 国美电器 國美電器 guó měi diàn qì GOME Electrical Appliances (founded in Beijing, 1987) 电气设备 電氣設備 diàn qì shè bèi electrical equipment 吴邦国 吳邦國 wú bāng guó Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member 1992-2012 电气工程 電氣工程 diàn qì gōng chéng electrical engineering 接点 接點 jiē diǎn (electrical) contact 镇流器 鎮流器 zhèn liú qì electrical ballast 法拉 fǎ lā farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword) 浪涌 làng yǒng (electrical) surge 电学 電學 diàn xué electrical engineering 阻值 zǔ zhí numerical value of electrical impedance 绝缘体 絕緣體 jué yuán tǐ electrical insulation / heat insulation syn 电信号 電信號 diàn xìn hào electrical signal 插销 插銷 chā xiāo bolt (for locking a window, cabinet etc) / (electrical) plug syn 