紅線 [红线]

Jyutping hung4 sin3
Pinyin hóng xiàn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. red line
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively, literary
    betrothal gifts
  2. noun, figuratively
    red thread of fate, relationship between a predestined love couple (as if tied by an invisible red string); marriage or matchmaking
  3. noun, figuratively
    central and politically correct theme of a piece of writing
  4. noun, figuratively
    main thread in literary works
  5. noun, literally
    red line; red string
  6. noun, figuratively
    red line (a boundary or limit which should not be crossed); bottom line
  7. name
    Hong Xian, the protagonist in the Tang dynasty tale The Story of Hong Xian
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    地图上的红线代表铁路。
    地圖上的紅線代表鐵路。
    dì tú shàng de hóng xiàn dài biǎo tiě lù 。
    • The red lines on the map represent a railway.
  2. Mandarin
    哪个更好，红线呢还是白线？
    哪個更好，紅線呢還是白線？
    nǎ ge gèng hǎo ， hóng xiàn ne hái shi bái xiàn ？
    • Which is better, red thread or white thread?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你咁想拍拖，快啲去求月老牵红线啦！
    你咁想拍拖，快啲去求月老牽紅線啦！
    nei5 gam3 soeng2 paak3 to1, faai3 di1 heoi3 kau4 jyut6 lou5 hin1 hung4 sin3 laa1!
    • If you are so eager to find your better-half, go to the matchmaker and ask him to find you a lover!