Definition
黑线 has two distinct specialized meanings. In medicine it refers to the linea nigra — the dark vertical line that can appear on a pregnant woman's abdomen. In PRC political discourse, especially from the Mao era, 黑线 means a 'counterrevolutionary line' or 'revisionist line' (opposed to the official 'red line'). The political sense is now mostly encountered in historical or ideological texts. Context determines which sense is intended.
n.
(medical) linea nigra (the dark line on the abdomen during pregnancy)(historical PRC terminology) black linecounterrevolutionary or revisionist line in political ideology
Examples
- 黑线。Hěn duō yùnfù zài huáiyùn zhōngqī huì chūxiàn yì tiáo hēi xiàn.Many pregnant women develop a linea nigra during the second trimester.
- ，黑线。Wéngé qījiān, tā bèi zhǐ jiānchí le yì tiáo hēi xiàn.During the Cultural Revolution, he was accused of adhering to a black line.
- 黑线。Zhè bù xiǎoshuō pīpàn le suǒwèi wényì hēi xiàn de yǐngxiǎng.This novel criticizes the influence of the so-called black line in literature and art.
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