格林尼治本初子午线

gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn

释义

1. the Greenwich meridian

格林尼治本初子午线 的构成词

• 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])