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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *路* | 路* | *路
road (CL:條|条) / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *收* | 收* | *收
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
HSK 2
straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *畫* | 畫* | *畫
to draw; to paint / picture; painting (CL:,張|张) / to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划)
HSK 2
to line up
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *排* | 排* | *排
a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掛* | 掛* | *掛
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *線* | 線* | *線
thread / string / wire / line / CL: 條|条, , / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *行* | 行* | *行
(bound form) row; line / (bound form) line of business; trade; profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row; (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines
HSK 3
itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL: 條|条
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *列* | 列* | *列
to arrange / to line up / file / series / (in data tables) column / (Tw) row
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劃* | 劃* | *劃
to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character
HSK 4
the end / end point / finishing line (in a race) / destination / terminus / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
(line of) thought / thinking
HSK 5
straight line / sharply (rise or fall)
HSK 5
ranks / troops / queue / line / procession / CL: 個|个, , 條|条
HSK 6
(electricity) line; circuit; wire / (traffic) road; track; route
HSK 6
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沿* | 沿* | *沿
along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *偏* | 偏* | *偏
to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations
HSK 6
smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line / cigarette (CL:,條|条,,,)
HSK 7-9
to fish (with line and hook); to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing
HSK 7-9
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
story line / plot / drama (genre)
HSK 7-9
front line / military front / workface / cutting edge
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *業* | 業* | *業
line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already
HSK 7-9
bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy; informer; plant
HSK 7-9
line of sight
HSK 7-9
curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way
HSK 7-9
bore; caliber; diameter; aperture / (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line
HSK 7-9
tough / unyielding / hard-line
HSK 7-9
front line
HSK 7-9
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
HSK 7-9
front line / forefront
HSK 7-9
line of thought; way of thinking
HSK 7-9
limits / bounds / dividing line
HSK 7-9
along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line
HSK 7-9
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
railtrack connection / to integrate into sth / to dock / to connect / to be in step with / to bring into line with / to align
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *槓* | 槓* | *槓
coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole; bar; rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard; criterion / hyphen; dash
oblique line / slash (symbol)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *絜* | 絜* | *絜
marking line / pure / to regulate
paternal line / patrilineal
electrical lead; connecting line / (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc); to go online; connection / (congressional) caucus
dividing range / drainage divide / (fig.) dividing line / watershed
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夾* | 夾* | *夾
double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *釣* | 釣* | *釣
to fish with a hook and line; to angle
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *賴* | 賴* | *賴
surname Lai / (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *袍* | 袍* | *袍
gown (lined)
railway line / rail track
special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL: 條|条
battle line / battlefront / front
to go offline / (of a product) to roll off the assembly line / downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme)
firing line (battle) / live electrical wire
red line
extension cord / extended line / powerstrip
Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)
defensive line or perimeter / CL:
to die in the line of duty
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紋* | 紋* | *紋
line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc)
half-way line / median line
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *襯* | 襯* | *襯
(of garments) against the skin / to line / lining / to contrast with / to assist financially
vanguard / front line / a forward (sports)
assembly line / production line
main line / trunk line
dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line
branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)
main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
the rear / far behind the front line
informer / snitch / spy / scout / (cosmetics) eye line
older male cousin via female line
a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc)
woof / line of latitude / parallel
lined jacket / double layered jacket / CL:
(sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success
younger male cousin via female line
to delineate / to draw a line / to underline
older female cousin via female line
(of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit
argument / line of reasoning / thesis / point (of discussion)
cousin (via female line)
oft-quoted phrase; famous line
the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
contour line
hard-line / hardcore
younger female cousin via female line
line segment
horizontal line / (math.) horizontal axis
fishing line
pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
central axis (line)
Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2
one's line / one's own profession
tangent line (geometry)
to write off / to cancel an account / to draw a line under
(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
such matters / things like this / this line of work / this pursuit / this hobby / this endeavor
railway line
bar / bold line / horizontal bar (gymnastics event)
to carry on one's ancestral line

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