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掉线

diào xiàn

2-character word Traditional 掉線

What 掉线 means

1. to get disconnected (from the Internet)

The characters in 掉线

• 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind
• 线xiànthread; string; wire

Example sentences

• 哦，我掉线了。
  ó, wǒ diàoxiàn le.
  Oh, I was disconnected.

Sounds the same

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

• 吊线plumbline

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