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天线

tiān xiàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 天線

天线 (tiān xiàn) means "antenna; mast; connection with high-ranking officials". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 天线 means

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

The characters in 天线

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 线xiànthread; string; wire

Example sentences

• 这男人试着安装他自己的天线。
  Zhè nánrén shìzhe ānzhuāng tā zìjǐ de tiānxiàn.
  The man tried to install his own antenna.

Words starting with 天线

• 天线宝宝Tiān xiàn Bǎo bǎoTeletubbies

Words containing 天线

• 雷达天线léi dá tiān xiànradar antenna
• 微波天线wēi bō tiān xiànmicrowave antenna

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