外线 (wài xiàn) — exterior lines (military/strategic); outside (phone) connection
Definition
Literally 'outside line(s)'. In military/strategic context, refers to operating on exterior lines (外线作战); in telephony, an outside line as opposed to an internal one (内线).
noun
exterior lines (military/strategic)outside (phone) connection
Examples
- 外线。Zhè cì zhàn yì wǒ jūn cǎi yòng le wài xiàn zuò zhàn de cè lüè.In this campaign, our army adopted the strategy of exterior line operations.
- 外线。Gōng sī měi gè yuán gōng dōu kě yǐ zhí jiē dǎ wài xiàn.Every employee in the company can directly make outside calls.
- 外线，。Qǐng bāng wǒ jiē yí xià wài xiàn, wǒ yào lián xì kè hù.Please help me connect an outside line, I need to contact a client.
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