线索
xiàn suǒ
Pinyin

Definition

线索
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xiàn suǒ
  1. trail
  2. clues
  3. thread (of a story)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tàn suǒ
  1. 1 to explore
  2. 2 to probe
sōu suǒ
  1. 1 to search (a place)
  2. 2 to search (a database etc)
jiǎn suǒ
  1. 1 to retrieve (data)
  2. 2 to look up
  3. 3 retrieval
  4. 4 search
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
lì suo
  1. 1 nimble
lè suǒ
  1. 1 to blackmail
  2. 2 to extort
dǎo huǒ suǒ
  1. 1 fuse (for explosive)
sī suǒ
  1. 1 to think deeply
  2. 2 to ponder
mō suo
  1. 1 to feel about
  2. 2 to grope about
  3. 3 to fumble
  4. 4 to do things slowly
qiú suǒ
  1. 1 to search for sth
  2. 2 to seek
  3. 3 to quest
  4. 4 to explore
Bì jiā suǒ
  1. 1 Picasso
Suǒ
  1. 1 surname Suo
  2. 2 abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suǒ mǎ lǐ], Somalia
suǒ qǔ
  1. 1 to ask
  2. 2 to demand
Suǒ ní
  1. 1 Sony
suǒ xìng
  1. 1 you might as well (do it)
  2. 2 simply
  3. 3 just
suǒ rán wú wèi
  1. 1 dull
  2. 2 insipid
Suǒ ěr
  1. 1 Thor (Norse god of thunder)
Suǒ fēi yà
  1. 1 Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)
suǒ yào
  1. 1 to ask for
  2. 2 to request
  3. 3 to demand
suǒ péi
  1. 1 to ask for compensation
  2. 2 to claim damages
  3. 3 claim for damages

Idioms (7)

不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
按图索骥
àn tú suǒ jì
  1. 1 lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
  3. 3 to try and find sth with the help of a clue
搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
澡垢索疵
zǎo gòu suǒ cī
  1. 1 to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault
  2. 2 to nitpick
费人思索
fèi rén sī suǒ
  1. 1 to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)

Sample Sentences

调查期间,还发现联邦快递其他违法违规线索。
diàochá qījiān ,hái fāxiàn LiánbāngKuàidì qítā wéifǎ wéiguī xiànsuǒ 。
During the investigation, other FedEx violations were also found.
再两分钟开始闯关,记得,你们要从这个房间里找出线索,破解这些密码锁,离开这个房间。
zài liǎng fēnzhōng kāishǐ chuǎngguān ,jìde ,nǐmen yào cóng zhè ge fángjiān lǐ zhǎochū xiànsuǒ ,pòjiě zhèxiē mìmǎsuǒ ,líkāi zhè ge fángjiān 。
The challenge will begin in two minutes, remember, you have to find clues in this room to help you break the code to allow you to leave the room.
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这是一部推理剧,但不是侦探片,严格的说,连警匪片都算不上,比较像是在解谜,着重在线索跟线索之间看似不相关的关联性。
zhè shì yí bù tuīlǐ jù ,dàn bú shì zhēntàn piàn ,yángédeshuō ,lián jǐngfěipiàn dōu suànbúshàng ,bǐjiào xiàng shì zài jiěmí ,zhuózhòng zài xiànsuǒ gēn xiànsuǒ zhījiān kànshì bùxiāngguān de guānliánxìng 。
It's a psychological thriller, but not a detective film. Strictly speaking, it doesn't even count as a shoot'em up. It's more like solving a riddle, focusing on the link between seemingly unrelated clues.
李探长转身对大家说:“这是一起非常恶劣的杀人案件,大家先分头行动,看能不能找到点线索。”
Lǐ tànzhǎng zhuǎnshēn duì dàjiā shuō :“zhè shì yīqǐ fēicháng èliè de shārén ànjiàn ,dàjiā xiān fēntóu xíngdòng ,kàn néngbùnéng zhǎodào diǎnr xiànsuǒ 。”
Detective Li turned to the group and said: “This is a grisly murder case. Everyone split up and see if you can find some clues.”
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两个小时后,探员们重新在85号楼下集合,一起分析各自所获得的线索。
liǎng gè xiǎoshí hòu ,tànyuán men chóngxīn zài bāshíwǔ hào lóu xià jíhé ,yīqǐ fēnxī gèzì suǒ huòdé de xiànsuǒ 。
Two hours later, the agents gathered once again at building 85 to analyze the clues that each person had collected.
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那么有些客户很婆婆妈妈的,会跟你说,哎呀,我为什么要买这个东西,因为呢,我妈妈怎么样,然后呢我爸爸怎么样,我女儿怎么样。然后呢,哎呀,说了半天。但是你不要以为就是他们都是在啰里啰唆当中说,你的销售线索往往就是从这些杂碎的东西里面获得的。
nàme yǒuxiē kèhù hěn pópomāmā de ,huì gēn nǐ shuō ,āiyā ,wǒ wèishénme yào mǎi zhè ge dōngxi ,yīnwèi ne ,wǒ māma zěnmeyàng ,ránhòu ne wǒ bàba zěnmeyàng ,wǒ nǚér zěnmeyàng 。ránhòu ne ,āiyā ,shuō le bàntiān 。dànshì nǐ bù yào yǐwéi jiùshì tāmen dōu shì zài luōliluōsuō dāngzhōng shuō ,nǐ de xiāoshòu xiànsuǒ wǎngwǎng jiù shì cóng zhèxiē zásuì de dōngxi lǐmiàn huòdé de 。
Some customers just go on and on, and they'll say, "Ah, the reason I have to buy this thing is that my mom is like this, and then my dad is like that, and my daughter is like that." And then she's said a lot. But don't think that she's just babbling on aimlessly. Your sales clues are usually obtained from that random babble.
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第一轮没什么可推理的,线索太少。法官,直接投票吧。
dì yī lún méi shénme kě tuīlǐ de ,xiànsuǒ tài shǎo 。fǎguān ,zhíjiē tóupiào ba 。
How can we deduce anything in the first round? There aren't enough clues. Judge, go directly to the vote.
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这部书可不是简单的童话,从开始就埋了很深的线索,还是蛮复杂的。
zhè bù shū kěbushì jiǎndān de tónghuà ,cōngkāishǐ jiù mái le hěn shēn de xiànsuǒ ,hái shì mán fùzá de 。
These books are not just simple fairy tales. From the very beginning there were very deep clues hidden, they are really quite complex.
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