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下线 (xià xiàn) — (of a person) to go offline, to log off; (of a product) to roll off the assembly line, to be launched

Definition

Two distinct senses: people logging off a game/account, and products rolling off the production line. For a product launching, 上市 means reaching the market; 下线 emphasizes leaving the factory.

verb
(of a person) to go offlineto log off(of a product) to roll off the assembly lineto be launched

Examples

  • 下线。
    Tā měi tiān wǎn shàng shí diǎn zuǒ yòu xià xiàn.
    He goes offline around 10 PM every night.
  • 下线。
    Zhè kuǎn xīn shǒu jī yǐ jīng zhèng shì xià xiàn le.
    This new phone model has officially rolled off the assembly line.
  • 。
    Wǒ jīn tiān zhī xià le yí cì xiàn.
    I only went offline once today.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

下xiàleave; come off
线xiànline

下 means to leave or come off, 线 is the line, so the action is going offline or rolling off the line.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
泉
泉quán線xiàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.

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HSK 3.0 Level 6

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