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主线

zhǔxiàn

main line (of communication)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

main line (of communication)

02

main thread (of a plotline or concept)

03

central theme

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 主线 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 主线 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

她说理的主线引人注目,但从根本上是靠不住的。tā shuō lǐ de zhǔ xiàn yǐn rén zhù mù, dàn cóng gēn běn shàng shì kào bú zhù de。

Her line of reasoning is attractive, but ultimately fallacious.

在那场混乱的讨论里,她主动抓住核心问题,迅速把团队从枝节拉回主线。zài nà chǎng hùn luàn de tǎo lùn lǐ, tā zhǔ dòng zhuā zhù hé xīn wèn tí, xùn sù bǎ tuán duì cóng zhī jié lā huí zhǔ xiàn。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 主线.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 主线.

Directly before

  • 的主线1
  • 回主线1

Directly after

  • 主线引人注目1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 主线

What does 主线 mean in Chinese?

主线 (zhǔxiàn) means main line (of communication).

How do you pronounce 主线?

主线 is pronounced zhǔxiàn.

Is 主线 an HSK word?

主线 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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