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流水線

简流水线 · 繁流水線

Mandarin · pinyin liú shuǐ xiàn

assembly line
(computing) pipeline

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流: liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
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线: xiàn · line, thread, wire; clue

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2–3–4 · liu2 shui3 xian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lau4 seoi2 sin3

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noun

(manufacturing) assembly line
(Hong Kong Cantonese, bus fandom slang) bus route stopping at each stop along every place it passes (contrary to express routes using expressways)

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