Taiwan Mandarin

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wàixiàn·ㄨㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

“(military) line of troops encircling an enemy position; (telephony) outside line; (basketball) outside the three-point line”

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Outside; external; foreign; in addition; not belonging to a certain scope; referring to relatives on the mother's or wife's side; a role in traditional opera playing an elderly man.

xiàn·ㄒㄧㄢˋ

Thread; string; wire; line; a thin, flexible object; a route or path; a boundary or limit; a clue.