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电话线

diàn huà xiàn · dian hua xian

Traditional 電話線

Meaning

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  1. telephone line
  2. telephone wire
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The long cord

  1. Dengdeng

    这根(zhègēn)电话线(diànhuàxiàn)怎么(zěnme)绕(rào)成(chéng)一团(yītuán)了(le)？

    Why is this phone cord tangled into a knot?

  2. Liangliang

    因为(yīnwèi)你(nǐ)每次(měicì)打电话(dǎdiànhuà)都(dōu)走来走去(zǒuláizǒuqù)。

    Because you walk around every time you call.

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)只是(zhǐshì)想(xiǎng)走到(zǒudào)窗边(chuāngbiān)。

    I only want to walk to the window.

  4. Liangliang

    电话线(diànhuàxiàn)只有(zhǐyǒu)一米(yīmǐ)长(cháng)，你(nǐ)走不过去(zǒubùguòqù)的(de)。

    The phone cord is only one meter long. You cannot get there.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)拔掉(bádiào)电话线(diànhuàxiàn)，抱着(bàozhe)电话(diànhuà)走过去(zǒuguòqù)！

    Then I will unplug the cord and carry the phone over!

  6. Liangliang

    那样(nàyàng)就(jiù)打不通(dǎbutōng)了(le)！

    Then the call will not connect!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

暴(bào)风(fēng)雨(yǔ)过(guò)后(hòu)，村(cūn)里(lǐ)的(de)电(diàn)话(huà)线(xiàn)全(quán)都(dōu)断(duàn)了(le)。

After the storm, all the telephone lines in the village were broken.

02

他(tā)不(bù)小(xiǎo)心(xīn)把(bǎ)电(diàn)话(huà)线(xiàn)踢(tī)掉(diào)了(le)，通(tōng)话(huà)突(tū)然(rán)中(zhōng)断(duàn)。

He accidentally kicked out the telephone wire, and the call suddenly cut off.

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