05694527-n 'support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)';
 
Chinese (simplified) 补给线
English lifeline
Indonesian perhubungan
Japanese 命綱
Malaysian perhubungan
Definitions
English
support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)
the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin; she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief
Japanese
人々が生き残るか、何かをし続けるために支持する(しばしば、重要な接続を提供することによって)
空輸体制がベルリンの命綱となった; 彼女は私が悲しみにくれているときの頼みの綱だった
Relations
Hypernym: support
Semantic Field: cognitionn
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