长线 (cháng xiàn) — long line (physical cable or wire); long-term investment or strategy; (economics) oversupplied product or state of oversupply

Definition

Examples

• 电话公司正在铺设新的海底长线。
  Diàn huà gōng sī zhèng zài pū shè xīn de hǎi dǐ cháng xiàn.
  The telephone company is laying a new undersea cable.
• 他更倾向于做长线投资，而不是短线投机。
  Tā gèng qīng xiàng yú zuò cháng xiàn tóu zī, ér bú shì duǎn xiàn tóu jī.
  He prefers long-term investing over short-term speculation.
• 这个行业已经从长线转为供需平衡。
  Zhè ge háng yè yǐ jīng cóng cháng xiàn zhuǎn wéi gōng xū píng héng.
  This industry has shifted from oversupply to a balance of supply and demand.