红线
hóng xiàn
Pinyin

Definition

红线
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hóng xiàn
  1. red 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
大红
dà hóng
  1. 1 crimson
粉红
fěn hóng
  1. 1 pink
红
Hóng
  1. 1 surname Hong
红包
hóng bāo
  1. 1 money wrapped in red as a gift
  2. 2 bonus payment
  3. 3 kickback
  4. 4 bribe
红星
Hóng xīng
  1. 1 Hongxing district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
红色
hóng sè
  1. 1 red (color)
  2. 2 revolutionary
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)
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
分界线
fēn jiè xiàn
  1. 1 dividing line
分红
fēn hóng
  1. 1 dividend
  2. 2 to award a bonus
前线
qián xiàn
  1. 1 front line
  2. 2 military front
  3. 3 workface
  4. 4 cutting edge
口红
kǒu hóng
  1. 1 lipstick

Idioms (20)

一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to become an instant hit
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
又红又肿
yòu hóng yòu zhǒng
  1. 1 to be red and swollen (idiom)
唱红脸
chàng hóng liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the hero (idiom)
  2. 2 to play the good cop
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)
姹紫嫣红
chà zǐ yān hóng
  1. 1 fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
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
灯红酒绿
dēng hóng jiǔ lu:4
  1. 1 lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking
  2. 2 debauched and corrupt environment
看破红尘
kān pò hóng chén
  1. 1 to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk)
  2. 2 disillusioned with human society
  3. 3 to reject the world for a monastic life
穿针引线
chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn
  1. 1 lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
红杏出墙
hóng xìng chū qiáng
  1. 1 lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a wife having an illicit lover
红男绿女
hóng nán lu:4 nu:3
  1. 1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
红颜薄命
hóng yán bó mìng
  1. 1 beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
绿女红男
lu:4 nu:3 hóng nán
  1. 1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
绿惨红愁
lu:4 cǎn hóng chóu
  1. 1 (of women) grieved appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 sorrowful mien
脸红筋暴
liǎn hóng jīn bào
  1. 1 red and tense with anger (idiom)
脸红筋涨
liǎn hóng jīn zhǎng
  1. 1 red and tense with anger (idiom)

Sample Sentences

为此，中国政府划出18亿亩耕地红线，依照法律，非法占用耕地罪最高可被判处5年徒刑。
wèicǐ ，Zhōngguó zhèngfǔ huà chū yì mǔ gēngdì hóngxiàn ，yīzhào fǎlu:4 ，fēifǎ zhànyòng gēngdì zuì zuìgāo kě bèi pànchǔ nián túxíng 。
To this end, the Chinese government has drawn a red line of 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land. According to the law, illegally occupying cultivated land can be sentenced to five years in prison.
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