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电线

diàn xiàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 電線 Measure word 根

电线 (diàn xiàn) means "wire; power cord". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 电线 means

1. wire
2. power cord

The characters in 电线

• 电diànlightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 线xiànthread; string; wire

Example sentences

• 木偶由电线控制。
  The puppets are controlled by wires.
• 电线被用来运送电力。
  Diànxiàn bèi yònglái yùnsòng diànlì.
  Wires are used to convey electricity.
• 电线有没有电？我一摸就知道。
  Is the wire live? I can tell just by touching it.
• 我在黑暗的巷子中绊倒，膝盖砸在柏油路上。一块木板盖着巷弄的房屋之间的电线。深夜的巷弄非常之暗。我的眼镜从眼睛上掉了下来。幸好有一位带着手电筒的广东工人帮忙。我的膝盖只是擦破了皮。我想起另一次膝盖摔伤是在菲律宾奎松市的唐荷西高地。那里有一大片火星般的红土地，遍地长满了「塔拉希布」草。有时工人会故意纵火烧草。我和哥哥当时还在外面玩。那时我们还未到青春期。在燃烧的野草旁，我摔倒了，膝盖着地。我的贝贝姥姥愤怒不已。家里的女佣在车库后面的大磁砖水槽里帮我清洗了双腿。
  I tripped in the alleyway in the darkness, as I crashed my knees on the asphalt. There was a wooden board that covered a wire between houses across the alleyway. It was very dark there at night. My eyeglasses fell off my face. Luckily, a Cantonese labourer with a flashlight helped me. My knees just got scraped. I remember another time when I crashed on my knees. It was at Don José Heights in Quezon City in the Philippines. There was a vastness of Martianesque red soil, wherein the "talahib" grass grew. Sometimes, workers intentionally set the grass on fire. My brother and I were still playing, even then, outside. We were still prepubescent. Near burning grass, I stumbled on my knees. My grandmother, Lola Bebe, was so angry. A maid washed my legs in the big tiled sink behind the garage.

Words starting with 电线

• 电线杆diàn xiàn gǎnelectric pole; telephone pole; lamppost

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