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 一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn 正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn 直 zhí straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters syn 立正 lì zhèng to stand straight / attention! (order to troops) syn 直奔 zhí bèn to go straight to / to make a beeline for 直视 直視 zhí shì to look straight at syn 笔直 筆直 bǐ zhí perfectly straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright syn 开窍 開竅 kāi qiào to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns syn 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] 畅通 暢通 chàng tōng unimpeded / free-flowing / straight path / unclogged / move without obstruction syn 屹立 yì lì to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing) syn 横冲直撞 橫衝直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom) / to push through shoving and bumping / to barge / to charge around violently syn 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) 干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 笔挺 筆挺 bǐ tǐng (standing) very straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright / well-ironed / trim syn 平角 píng jiǎo (math.) straight angle 偏转 偏轉 piān zhuǎn deflection (physics) / deviation (away from a straight line) 中线 中線 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line 挺拔 tǐng bá tall and straight syn 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 单刀直入 單刀直入 dān dāo zhí rù to get straight to the point (idiom) syn 直尺 zhí chǐ straight ruler syn 心直口快 xīn zhí kǒu kuài frank and outspoken (idiom) / straight speaking / to say what one thinks syn 虚线 虛線 xū xiàn dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line 歪歪扭扭 wāi wāi niǔ niǔ crooked / not straight / staggering from side to side syn 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 一马平川 一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country syn 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 曲直 qū zhí lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil syn 装配线 裝配線 zhuāng pèi xiàn assembly line / production line 直发 直髮 zhí fà straight hair 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 直行 zhí xíng to go straight / straight forward / fig. to do right 长驱直入 長驅直入 cháng qū zhí rù to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom) / (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth / to flood in 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 同花顺 同花順 tóng huā shùn straight flush (poker) 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) 偏斜 piān xié crooked / not upright / diverging from straight line / improper / dishonest syn 实线 實線 shí xiàn solid line / continuous line 挺 tǐng straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns syn 冲 衝 chōng thoroughfare / to go straight ahead / to rush / to clash 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 矢 shǐ arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3] syn 直话 直話 zhí huà straight talk / straightforward words 径 徑 jìng footpath / track / diameter / straight / directly syn 照直 zhào zhí directly / straight / straight ahead / straightforward 准线 準線 zhǔn xiàn directrix line of a parabola / guide line 墨斗 mò dǒu carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 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 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 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 