格林尼治本初子午线

1. • the Greenwich meridian

Character by character

• 格(gé)square
• 林(lín)surname Lin
• 尼(ní)Buddhist nun
• 治(zhì)rule
• 本(běn)root
• 初(chū)at first
• 子(zǐ)son
• 午(wǔ)7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse
• 线(xiàn)thread