Definition
零点 primarily means midnight (12:00 AM), the point when a new day begins. It can also refer to the zero point on a measurement scale, such as temperature or coordinates. In military or planning contexts, it can mean 'zero hour', the scheduled start time of an operation.
n.
midnight12:00 AMzero point (on a scale, e.g., temperature, coordinates)
Examples
- 零点。Wǒ měitiān líng diǎn cái shuìjiào.I go to bed only at midnight every day.
- 零点。Jīntiān de qìwēn jiàng dào le líng diǎn yǐxià.Today's temperature dropped below zero.
- 零点，。Xīnnián de líng diǎn, zhōngshēng qiāo xiǎng le.At midnight on New Year's Day, the bells rang.
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