格林尼治本初子午线 gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. the Greenwich meridian

CHARACTERS

格 gé pattern, standard, form; style
林 lín forest, grove; surname
尼 ní Buddhist nun; transliteration
治 zhì govern, regulate, administer
本 běn root, origin, source; basis
初 chū beginning, initial, primary
子 zǐ offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch
午 wǔ noon; 7th terrestrial branch
线 xiàn line, thread, wire; clue