电线
diàn xiàn
Pinyin

Definition

电线
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diàn xiàn
  1. wire
  2. power cord
  3. CL:根[gēn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上线
shàng xiàn
  1. 1 to go online
  2. 2 to put sth online
线
xiàn
  1. 1 thread
  2. 2 string
  3. 3 wire
  4. 4 line
  5. 5 CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ],根[gēn]
  6. 6 (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
电
diàn
  1. 1 electric
  2. 2 electricity
  3. 3 electrical
电信
diàn xìn
  1. 1 telecommunications
电子
diàn zǐ
  1. 1 electronic
  2. 2 electron (particle physics)
电影
diàn yǐng
  1. 1 movie
  2. 2 film
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],片[piàn],幕[mù],場|场[chǎng]
电脑
diàn nǎo
  1. 1 computer
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
电视
diàn shì
  1. 1 television
  2. 2 TV
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]
电视剧
diàn shì jù
  1. 1 TV play
  2. 2 soap opera
  3. 3 CL:部[bù]
电话
diàn huà
  1. 1 telephone
  2. 2 CL:部[bù]
  3. 3 phone call
  4. 4 CL:通[tōng]
  5. 5 phone number
下线
xià xiàn
  1. 1 to go offline
中线
zhōng xiàn
  1. 1 half-way line
  2. 2 median line
主线
zhǔ xiàn
  1. 1 main line (of communication)
  2. 2 main thread (of a plotline or concept)
  3. 3 central theme
占线
zhàn xiàn
  1. 1 busy (telephone line)
来电
lái diàn
  1. 1 incoming telegram or telephone call
  2. 2 your telegram, telephone call, or message
  3. 3 to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)
  4. 4 to have instant attraction to sb
  5. 5 to have chemistry with sb
  6. 6 to come back (of electricity, after an outage)
供电
gōng diàn
  1. 1 to supply electricity
停电
tíng diàn
  1. 1 to have a power failure
  2. 2 power cut
充电
chōng diàn
  1. 1 to recharge batteries
  2. 2 fig. to rest and recuperate
充电器
chōng diàn qì
  1. 1 battery charger
光线
guāng xiàn
  1. 1 light ray
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]
  3. 3 light
  4. 4 illumination
  5. 5 lighting (for a photograph)

Idioms (8)

单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
放长线钓大鱼
fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú
  1. 1 use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
断线风筝
duàn xiàn fēng zhēng
  1. 1 a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall
星流电击
xīng liú diàn jī
  1. 1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
  2. 2 portentous signs
穿针引线
chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn
  1. 1 lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
长流水，不断线
cháng liú shuǐ , bù duàn xiàn
  1. 1 continuous and patient effort (idiom)
电光朝露
diàn guāng zhāo lù
  1. 1 flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral
  2. 2 impermanent
飞针走线
fēi zhēn zǒu xiàn
  1. 1 flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework

Sample Sentences

话不是这么说，就算是一下子也不应该，没人在却开着电灯电扇，不但浪费电，而且很危险啊，万一电线走火怎么办？他们不要命，别人还要。
huàbùshì zhèmeshuō ，jiùsuàn shì yīxiàzi yě bù yīnggāi ，méi rén zài què kāi zhe diàndēng diànshàn ，bùdàn làngfèi diàn ，érqiě hěn wēixiǎn ā ，wànyī diànxiàn zǒuhuǒ zěnme bàn ？tāmen bù yàomìng ，biérén hái yào 。
You can't say that, even if they're just going out for a little while they shouldn't leave the lights and the fan on, it's not only a waste of electricity, it's also dangerous, what if the wires catch fire? If they don't care if they live or die, other do.
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你看这里的电线接头断了。
nǐ kàn zhèlǐ de diànxiàn jiētóu duàn le 。
Look, the wire has disconnected here.
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有好多电线。
yǒu hǎoduō diànxiàn 。
There are so many wires.
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需要焊接一下。你看，这是电烙铁和焊锡。加热以后，涂点松香，把电线焊接上去。
xūyào hànjiē yīxià 。nǐ kàn ，zhè shì diànlàotiě hé hànxī 。jiārè yǐhòu ，tú diǎnr sōngxiāng ，bǎ diànxiàn hànjiē shàngqu 。
It needs to be soldered. Look, this is a soldering iron and solder. When it's hot, you put on a bit of pine resin, and solder the wire back in place.
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一点安全意识都没有。你看看这房子，到处都是安全隐患。你看这电线，拉得乱七八糟的，很容易短路，引发火灾。还有这过道，本来就窄，还堆了这么多杂物，万一发生火灾，你们怎么逃啊？
yīdiǎn ānquán yìshi dōu méiyǒu 。nǐ kàn kan zhè fángzi ，dàochù dōu shì ānquányǐnhuàn 。nǐ kàn zhè diànxiàn ，lā de luànqībāzāo de ，hěn róngyì duǎnlù ，yǐnfā huǒzāi 。háiyǒu zhè guòdào ，běnlái jiù zhǎi ，hái duī le zhème duō záwù ，wànyī fāshēng huǒzāi ，nǐmen zěnme táo a ？
You don't have a clue about safety. Look at this room, there are dangers to your safety everywhere. Look at these power lines stretched every which way. It's easy for them to short circuit and cause a fire. And look at this passageway. It was narrow to begin with and there's so much junk piled up. If there's a fire, how will you get out?
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