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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

界线 [jièxiàn]
  1. 1. noun [边界] boundary
  2. 2. noun [分界线] dividing line

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

界线 [jièxiàn]
  1. 1. boundary line
  2. 2. demarcation line; dividing line; limits; bounds

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

界线 [jièxiàn]
  1. 1. 两个地区之间分界的线
    两国边境的界线是河流与航道的中心线。
  2. 2. 现在一般写作"界限"。

Examples

打破界线
break down barriers
The thin white lines were used as the borders.
这条细细的白线被当作界线
Some of the children crossed the border alone or with relatives.
有些小孩独自或者与亲人一起越过了界线
We had stepped too far across the boundary of good taste.
我们已经与高品味的界线相去甚远了。
Fiction crosses the boundaries between the real and the imaginary.
小说穿越了现实与想象的界线
There is a narrow line between sanity and insanity.
精神正常和精神失常之间只有一道狭窄的界线

Collocations

跨越界线
to stride across the border
划定界线
to define a border
省际界线
a provincial border
法定界线
a legal borderline
划清界线
to draw a line
界线分明
a clear borderline
界线以内
within limits
行业界线
the limits of trade

Word Decomposition


[jiè]
+ 线
[xiàn]

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Related Measure Words

  [dào] |  一道界线
  [gè] |  一个界线
  [tiáo] |  一条界线

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