支线
branch line; side road; spur; fig. secondary plot (in a story)
直线
straight line; sharply (rise or fall)
知县
county head magistrate (old)
职衔
title (position within an organization)
先知先觉
foresight; having foresight; person of foresight
旗帜鲜明
to show one's colors; to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)