西线

西線

xīxiàn

noun #31,749

Meanings

1 western front
2 western line/route

Characters

Examples

西线战事非常激烈。

Xīxiàn zhànshì fēicháng jīliè.

Fighting on the western front is extremely fierce.

我们走西线去成都。

Wǒmen zǒu xīxiàn qù Chéngdū.

We're taking the western route to Chengdu.

Tips

culture

西线 most famously appears in the Chinese title of the Erich Maria Remarque novel 《西线无战事》 (Xīxiàn Wú Zhànshì) — 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1928). In modern usage it can also denote a westward bus/train route or a project's western branch.

Stroke Order

西 xī

线 xiàn