variant of 線|线[xian4]

radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication); a radio

itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road); CL:條|条[tiao2]

front line; military front; workface; cutting edge

line of sight

(electricity) line; circuit; wire; (traffic) road; track; route

light ray; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]; light; illumination; lighting (for a photograph)

wire; power cord; CL:根[gen1]

online; connected to the Internet; (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high level

air or shipping route

defensive line or perimeter; CL:道[dao4]

bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sports) baseline; (sewing) under thread; spy; informer; plant

straight line; sharply (rise or fall)

electrical lead; connecting line; (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc); to go online; connection; (congressional) caucus

front line; front-line position; a ray of; a glimmer of (hope, light etc)

antenna; aerial; (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people

to go online; to put sth online; to reach a specific standard; to put into production; handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)

battle line; battlefront; front

ray

horizon

inside source; mole; insider; inside information; insider connections; (military) interior lines; internal telephone line

wireless

curve; curved line; indirect; in a roundabout way

switchboard operator

telephone line; telephone wire

coastline; seaboard; shoreline

informer; snitch; spy; scout; (cosmetics) eye line

line (in drawing, calligraphy etc); the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)

limits; bounds; dividing line

infrared ray

hotline (communications link)

a front (militant group); line of battle; alignment (towards a political party etc)

cable television

wired; cable (television)

(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break; (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued; (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected; cut off

tip-off

derailment; to jump the track (of train); to derail

ultraviolet ray

spy; informer

knitting wool; wool yarn

red line

online

police cordon; alert level

finishing line

assembly line; production line

electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost; CL:根[gen1]

electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost; CL:根[gen1]

fuse (for explosives); (fig.) proximate cause; the last straw

to reel in (a fishing line etc); to hang up the phone