干线
gàn xiàn
Pinyin

Definition

干线
 - 
gàn xiàn
  1. main line
  2. trunk line

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上线
shàng xiàn
  1. 1 to go online
  2. 2 to put sth online
在线
zài xiàn
  1. 1 online
干
gàn
  1. 1 tree trunk
  2. 2 main part of sth
  3. 3 to manage
  4. 4 to work
  5. 5 to do
  6. 6 capable
  7. 7 cadre
  8. 8 to kill (slang)
  9. 9 to fuck (vulgar)
干什么
gàn shén me
  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 what's he up to?
干嘛
gàn má
  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 whatever for?
  3. 3 why on earth?
干活
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed
干部
gàn bù
  1. 1 cadre
  2. 2 official
  3. 3 officer
  4. 4 manager
底线
dǐ xiàn
  1. 1 to underline
  2. 2 bottom line
  3. 3 base line (in sports)
  4. 4 baseline
  5. 5 minimum
  6. 6 spy
  7. 7 plant
火线
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
无线
wú xiàn
  1. 1 wireless
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)
能干
néng gàn
  1. 1 capable
  2. 2 competent
路线
lù xiàn
  1. 1 itinerary
  2. 2 route
  3. 3 political line (e.g. right revisionist road)
  4. 4 CL:條|条[tiáo]
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)
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)
全线
quán xiàn
  1. 1 the whole front (in a war)
  2. 2 the whole length (of a road or railway line)
分数线
fēn shù xiàn
  1. 1 horizontal line (in a fraction)
  2. 2 minimum passing score

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)
埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
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
穿针引线
chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn
  1. 1 lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
精明强干
jīng míng qiáng gàn
  1. 1 intelligent and capable (idiom)
长流水，不断线
cháng liú shuǐ , bù duàn xiàn
  1. 1 continuous and patient effort (idiom)
飞针走线
fēi zhēn zǒu xiàn
  1. 1 flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework

Sample Sentences

不过磁悬浮造价太高了。现在的动车组就够快的了。而且高速铁路技术已经很成熟了，像日本的新干线，开了几十年都没出过事儿。
bùguò cíxuánfú zàojià tài gāo le 。xiànzài de dòngchēzǔ jiù gòu kuài de le 。érqiě gāosù tiělù jìshù yǐjīng hěn chéngshú le ，xiàng rìběn de xīngànxiàn ，kāi le jǐshínián dōu méi chū guò shìr5 。
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