chi4
dao4
  1. equator (of the earth or a celestial body)
  2. celestial equator

Characters

  • 赤 (赤): red; scarlet; bare; naked
  • 道 (道): road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)

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Examples

我去澳大利亚旅游的时候第一次穿越了赤道。

位處赤道附近一個狹窄區域的熱帶雨林,正在不斷地遭受人類的破壞,預計在二零零零年之前,該區域將會有五分之四的熱帶雨林從地球上消失。

赤道把地球分为两个半球。

那条船昨天穿过了赤道。

在未來,赤道附近的居民很有可能成為氣候難民。

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