接線生

switchboard operator / phone operator

to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb

wiring / to connect a wire

thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student