火线 (火線)
huǒ xiàn
Pinyin
Definition
火线 (火線)
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- firing line (battle)
- live electrical wire
火线 (火線)
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- FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不到火候不揭锅
- 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
刀山火海
- 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
- 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
厝火积薪
- 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
- 2 fig. hidden danger
- 3 imminent danger
城门失火,殃及池鱼
- 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
- 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
- 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
如火如荼
- 1 like wildfire (idiom)
- 2 unstoppable
Sample Sentences
既然中国自古一直都在南海巡防保安,那里的石油资源也不是第一天被发现,那眼下争端的导火线是什么?
Given that China didn't just find out about the oil and gas reserves recently, as they have engaged in security patrols of the South China Sea since ancient times, what was the trigger for the current dispute?
USB接口的,另外再配一根能连接火线接口的转接线吧。
One with USB input, and then also an adapter cable that can convert it to firewire.
嗯,USB2.0接口的,哦不对,火线接口。
Yeah, one with a USB2 input. Oh, wait, firewire input.