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 低谷 dī gǔ valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes 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] 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 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 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 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 装配线 裝配線 zhuāng pèi xiàn assembly line / production line 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 槽 cáo trough / manger / groove / channel / (Tw) (computing) hard drive 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 波谷 bō gǔ trough 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 潋 瀲 liàn full of water / trough 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 殉职 殉職 xùn zhí to die in the line of duty syn 终点站 終點站 zhōng diǎn zhàn terminus / final stop on rail or bus line 插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn 座机 座機 zuò jī fixed-line phone / landline / private plane 本行 běn háng one's line / one's own profession syn 表兄弟 biǎo xiōng dì male cousins via female line syn 铁道 鐵道 tiě dào railway line / rail track 前哨 qián shào outpost / (fig.) front line 占线 佔線 zhàn xiàn busy (telephone line) syn 封锁线 封鎖線 fēng suǒ xiàn blockade line / cordon / CL:道[dao4] 边线 邊線 biān xiàn sideline / foul line 分界线 分界線 fēn jiè xiàn dividing line 火线 火線 huǒ xiàn firing line (battle) / live electrical wire syn 红线 紅線 hóng xiàn red line 越轨 越軌 yuè guǐ to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety syn 流水线 流水線 liú shuǐ xiàn assembly line / (computing) pipeline syn 主线 主線 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme 支线 支線 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story) 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 斜线 斜線 xié xiàn oblique line / slash (symbol) 偏转 偏轉 piān zhuǎn deflection (physics) / deviation (away from a straight line) 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 第一线 第一線 dì yī xiàn front line / forefront 嫡系 dí xì direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine syn 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 