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占线

zhàn xiàn

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 佔線

What 占线 means

1. busy (telephone line)

The characters in 占线

• 占zhànto take possession of; to occupy; to take up
• 线xiànthread; string; wire

Example sentences

• 可惜电话占线。
  Kěxī diànhuà zhànxiàn.
  The number is unfortunately busy.

Sounds the same

Read zhàn xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 战线battle line; battlefront; front
• 绽线to have a ripped seam