紅線

红线
hóngxiàn
red line

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) main thread in literary works
  2. (figurative) red line (a boundary or limit which should not be crossed); bottom line
  3. (figurative) red thread of fate, relationship between a predestined love couple (as if tied by an invisible red string); marriage or matchmaking (Classifier: c mn)
  4. (figurative, literary) betrothal gifts
  5. (figurative, politics) central and politically correct theme of a piece of writing
  6. (literally) red line; red string (Classifier: c)
  7. Hong Xian, the protagonist in the Tang dynasty tale The Story of Hong Xian
  8. betrothal gifts
  9. central and politically correct theme of a piece of writing
  10. main thread in literary works
  11. red line (a boundary or limit which should not be crossed); bottom line
  12. red line; red string (Classifier: c)
  13. red thread of fate, relationship between a predestined love couple (as if tied by an invisible red string); marriage or matchmaking (Classifier: c mn)

Wiktionary

  1. 紅色絲線
  2. 男女婚姻關係發生命中注定好像冥冥之中紅線
  3. 傳奇小說紅線中的人物節度使婢女通經

重編國語辭典

  1. 不可逾越界限底線
  2. 唐朝傳奇小說紅線中的人物
  3. 文學作品主線
  4. 紅線緣分命中註定情侶之間關係就像紅線
  5. 紅色絲線
  6. 聘禮
  7. 貫徹始終正確思想

維基詞典

Examples

地圖上的紅線代表鐵路。

The red lines on the map represent a railway.

Source: Tatoeba

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