交 jiāo to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤[jiao1] syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 台词 臺詞 tái cí an actor's lines / dialogue / Taiwanese word 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 平行 píng xíng parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively) / on an equal footing / on the same level / simultaneous / concurrent syn 对照 對照 duì zhào to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check syn 后路 後路 hòu lù escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver syn 纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 两栖 兩棲 liǎng qī amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines syn 冲锋陷阵 衝鋒陷陣 chōng fēng xiàn zhèn to charge and break through enemy lines syn 并行 並行 bìng xíng to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc) syn 比拟 比擬 bǐ nǐ to compare / to draw a parallel / to match / analogy / metaphor / comparison syn 字里行间 字裡行間 zì lǐ háng jiān between the words and the lines (idiom) / implied meaning / connotations syn 笑纹 笑紋 xiào wén laugh lines (on the face) 架空 jià kōng to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead syn 格律 gé lǜ forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse 夹角 夾角 jiā jiǎo angle (between two intersecting lines) 双轨 雙軌 shuāng guǐ double-track / parallel tracks / dual-track (system) 对仗 對仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war syn 双杠 雙槓 shuāng gàng parallel bars (gymnastics event) 一目十行 yī mù shí háng ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly syn 对联 對聯 duì lián rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2] syn 并联 並聯 bìng lián parallel connection 律诗 律詩 lǜ shī regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming syn 压阵 壓陣 yā zhèn to bring up the rear / to provide support / to hold the lines 按图索骥 按圖索驥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue syn 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 串行 chuàn háng to miss a line / to confuse two lines 穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover 并口 並口 bìng kǒu parallel port (computing) 接驳 接駁 jiē bó to access / to transfer passengers between two railway lines 中英文对照 中英文對照 zhōng yīng wén duì zhào Chinese-English parallel texts 中英对照 中英對照 zhōng yīng duì zhào Chinese English parallel texts 纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn 三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea 旁系 páng xì collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines) 挽联 挽聯 wǎn lián pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration 句 jù sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse 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 纬线 緯線 wěi xiàn woof / line of latitude / parallel 单刀赴会 單刀赴會 dān dāo fù huì lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines 回归线 回歸線 huí guī xiàn tropic / one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer 并行不悖 並行不悖 bìng xíng bù bèi to run in parallel without hindrance / not mutually exclusive / two processes can be implemented without conflict 并行口 並行口 bìng xíng kǒu parallel port (computing) 因袭 因襲 yīn xí to follow old patterns / to imitate existing models / to continue along the same lines syn 独龙江 獨龍江 dú lóng jiāng Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit 骈 駢 pián (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side / to be side by side / to be fused together / parallel (literary style) syn 爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶ 道白 dào bái spoken lines in opera syn 来复线 來復線 lái fù xiàn rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet) 经纬线 經緯線 jīng wěi xiàn lines of latitude and longitude / warp and woof 平行组试验 parallel group trial / parallel trial / independent group design 骈俪 駢儷 pián lì parallel (sentences) / parallel prose 七言律诗 七言律詩 qī yán lǜ shī verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律[qi1lu:4]) 法令纹 法令紋 fǎ lìng wén nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines 鼻唇沟 鼻唇溝 bí chún gōu nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines 并激 並激 bìng jī parallel excitation / shunt excitation / shunt-wound (e.g. electric generator) 并行程序 並行程序 bìng xíng chéng xù parallel program 并行计算 並行計算 bìng xíng jì suàn parallel computing / (Tw) concurrent computing 三十八度线 三十八度線 sān shí bā dù xiàn 38th parallel / dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea 三江并流 三江並流 sān jiāng bìng liú Three Parallel Rivers National Park, in mountainous northwest Yunnan World Heritage protected area: the three rivers are Nujiang 怒江[Nu4 jiang1] or Salween, Jinsha 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 jiang1] or upper reaches of Changjiang and Lancang 瀾滄江|澜沧江[Lan2 cang1 Jiang1] or Mekong 卡西米尔效应 卡西米爾效應 kǎ xī mǐ ěr xiào yìng Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects) 平行公设 平行公設 píng xíng gōng shè the parallel postulate (geometry) / Euclid's fifth postulate 排偶 pái ǒu parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device) syn 横断山脉 橫斷山脈 héng duàn shān mài Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet 纬圈 緯圈 wěi quān line of latitude / parallel 纬线圈 緯線圈 wěi xiàn quān line of latitude / parallel 英汉对译 英漢對譯 yīng hàn duì yì English-Chinese parallel text 骈体 駢體 pián tǐ parallel prose (ancient literary style) 平行进口 平行進口 píng xíng jìn kǒu parallel import 并行处理 parallel processing 并行海洋模拟程序 Parallel Ocean Programme 平行活动 平行活動 parallel event 复制线 复制線 fù zhì xiàn replica line / tracé parallèle / trace parallel 标准纬线 標準緯線 standard parallel 并行供资 並行供資 parallel funding 备份办法 備份辦法 parallel sourcing 并行国家 並行國家 parallel State 特别平行关系协定 特別平行關系協定 Special Parallel Relationship Agreement 并行许诺 並行許諾 parallel undertakings 平行时空 平行時空 píng xíng shí kōng parallel universe 比附 bǐ fù to draw a parallel 平行计算 平行計算 píng xíng jì suàn (Tw) parallel computing 瑑 zhuàn engraved lines 串线 串線 chuàn xiàn to get the lines crossed 五言绝句 五言絕句 wǔ yán jué jù poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line 交叉阴影线 交叉陰影線 jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiàn hatched lines / cross-hatched graphic pattern 人之初，性本善 rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1]) 划线板 劃線板 huà xiàn bǎn ruler (used for drawing lines) 句数 句數 jù shù number of sentences / number of lines (in verse etc) 地垄 地壟 dì lǒng lines on ridges on ploughed field 地脉 地脈 dì mài geographical position according to the principles of feng shui 風水|风水[feng1 shui3] / ley lines 夹批 夾批 jiā pī critical annotations between the lines 密排 mì pái leading (between lines of type) 对词 對詞 duì cí (of actors) to practice lines together / to rehearse a dialogue 对顶角 對頂角 duì dǐng jiǎo angle to the vertical / angle (between two lines or two planes) 接驳车 接駁車 jiē bó chē shuttle bus ferrying passengers between train stations on two different rail lines 