归零地

歸零地

Guīlíngdì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Ground Zero (the World Trade Center site in New York after 9/11)

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Examples

HSK 7-9

他到纽约后专程去归零地纪念馆参观。

Tā dào Niǔyuē hòu zhuānchéng qù Guīlíngdì jìniànguǎn cānguān.

After arriving in New York, he made a special trip to visit the Ground Zero memorial.

HSK 7-9

归零地见证了2001年9月11日的悲剧。

Guīlíngdì jiànzhèng le èr-líng-líng-yī nián jiǔ yuè shíyī rì de bēijù.

Ground Zero bore witness to the tragedy of September 11, 2001.

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history

Coined as a Chinese rendering of English 'Ground Zero' after the September 11, 2001 attacks. 归零 means 'to return to zero / reset,' a fitting calque - though the term originally entered English as the impact point of a nuclear blast (Hiroshima/Nagasaki). The site is now home to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and One World Trade Center.

Stroke Order

归 guī

零 líng

地 dì