| 释义 |
 | 线 | | xiàn | 名量 | | | 1 thread; string; wire: | | | 线团 a ball of string; a reel of thread | | | 线衣线裤 cotton knitwear | | | 铜线 copper wire | | | 一根线 a piece of thread |
| 2 【数】 line: | | | 直线 straight line |
| 3 shaped like a line, thread, etc. : | | | 光线 light ray |
| 4 route; line: | | | 供应线 supply route (or line) | | | 沪宁线 Shanghai-Nanjing Railway (Line) | | | 铁道线 railway line |
| 5 demarcation line; boundary: | | | 边界线 boundary line | | | 海岸线 coastline |
| 7 brink; verge: | | | 在死亡线上 on the verge of death / (挣扎) 在饥饿线上 on the brink of starvation |
| 8 = 线索: | | | 案子的线儿断了。 The clues went dead. or The case went cold. |
| 9 【信】 line: | | | 上线(下线) on-line (off-line) |
| II 量 [used with numeral 一 before abstract things to mean “very little”]: | | | 一线希望 a ray (or gleam) of hope |
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