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格林尼治本初子午线

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gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn

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  1. 1. the Greenwich meridian

Child Words of 格林尼治本初子午线

初
chū

at first

子
zǐ

son

本
běn

root

格
gé

square

治
zhì

to rule

线
xiàn

thread

午
wǔ

7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse

子午线
zǐ wǔ xiàn

meridian

尼
ní

Buddhist nun

本初子午线
běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn

the first meridian

林
lín

woods

格林
gé lín

Green or Greene (name)

格林尼治
gé lín ní zhì

Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude)

治本
zhì běn

to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhì biāo])

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