liúshuǐxiàn

流水线

Word · Noun

assembly line; production line

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

assembly line; production line

Originally refers to the manufacturing process where products move continuously from one workstation to another. Can also be used metaphorically for any standardized, continuous process in service or administrative contexts.

Gōng工
chǎng厂
yǐn引
jìn进
le了
yī一
tiáo条
xīn新
de的
liú流
shuǐ水
xiàn线
 。

The factory introduced a new assembly line.

Liú流
shuǐ水
xiàn线
zuò作
yè业
dà大
dà大
tí提
gāo高
le了
shēng生
chǎn产
xiào效
lǜ率
 。

Assembly line operations greatly improved production efficiency.

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Tā他
zài在
qì汽
chē车
liú流
shuǐ水
xiàn线
shàng上
yǐ已
jīng经
gōng工
zuò作
le了
shí十
nián年
 。

He has been working on the automobile assembly line for ten years already.