底 线

dǐxiàn

“Bottom line” in Chinese is 底线 (dǐxiàn).

Meaning

bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept
(sports) baseline
(sewing) under thread

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spy; informer; plant

Example

全世界股票的同时下跌是没有底线的。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

dǐHSK 38 strokes(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)xiànHSK 38 strokesthread

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