For pronunciation and definitions of <span class="searchmatch">斷</span><span class="searchmatch">綫</span><span class="searchmatch">風箏</span> – see 斷線風箏 (“drop off the radar; go with the wind”). (This term is a variant traditional form of 斷線風箏)....
break up; to cut off to break; to break up; to cut off; to be dead kite; metal chimes hanging from eaves trad. (斷線風箏/<span class="searchmatch">斷</span><span class="searchmatch">綫</span><span class="searchmatch">風箏</span>) 斷線/<span class="searchmatch">斷</span><span class="searchmatch">綫</span> <span class="searchmatch">風箏</span> simp. (断线风筝) 断线 风筝...
flying a kite, etc. 1929, “正月”, in 金天民, editor, 《潮歌》, 南大書局, page 11: 九月九，風禽<span class="searchmatch">斷</span><span class="searchmatch">綫</span>半天走。 [Teochew, trad.] 九月九，风禽断线半天走。 [Teochew, simp.] gao2 ghuêh8 gao2, huang1...
See also: 缐, <span class="searchmatch">綫</span>, and 线 線 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火竹日水 (VFHAE), four-corner 26932, composition ⿰糹泉) 𦌶 Kangxi Dictionary: page...