外线

外线
wàixiàn

(military) line of troops encircling an enemy position

3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position

    • The enemy forces were encircled by our outer lines.

  2. noun

    (telephony) outside line

    • Please dial an outside line.

  3. noun

    (basketball) outside the three-point line

    • He made a three-point shot from beyond the arc.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS
  • (evening; crescent moon (pictographic))RADICAL
  • (divination; fortune-telling)PHONETIC

Evening outside divining fortunes under the moon — that's an external affair.

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