占线/佔線 zhàn xiàn — for a phone line to be busy

Meanings

1. 1

   for a phone line to be busy

   verb

Example sentences

• 我刚才打电话，线路一直占线。/我剛才打電話，線路一直佔線。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) gāngcái (first tone, high and level) dǎ (third tone, dipping) diànhuà, (fourth tone, falling) xiànlù (fourth tone, falling) yìzhí (fourth tone, falling) zhànxiàn. (fourth tone, falling)···

  I called just now, but the line stayed busy.