黑线 (hēi xiàn) — (medical) linea nigra (the dark line on the abdomen during pregnancy); (historical PRC terminology) black line; counterrevolutionary or revisionist line in political ideology

Definition

黑线 is a literal compound: literally 'black line'. In medicine it refers to linea nigra, the dark line down a pregnant belly; historically in PRC political language it meant a 'counterrevolutionary line'.

noun
(medical) linea nigra (the dark line on the abdomen during pregnancy)(historical PRC terminology) black linecounterrevolutionary or revisionist line in political ideology
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Examples

  • 黑线
    Hěn duō yùn fù zài huái yùn zhōng qī huì chū xiàn yì tiáo hēi xiàn.
    Many pregnant women develop a linea nigra during the second trimester.
  • 黑线
    Wén gé qī jiān, tā bèi zhǐ jiān chí le yì tiáo hēi xiàn.
    During the Cultural Revolution, he was accused of adhering to a black line.
  • 黑线
    Zhè bù xiǎo shuō pī pàn le suǒ wèi wén yì hēi xiàn de yǐng xiǎng.
    This novel criticizes the influence of the so-called black line in literature and art.

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