归零地

歸零地

Guīlíngdì

popculture

Meanings

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

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Examples

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.

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