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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
東經 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
東經 =
ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ · dōngjīng
noun — east longitude (degrees east of the prime meridian)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

east (東方)dōng
the lines running north–south on a map (經線)jīng
東經,東方的東,經線的經。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

從子午線往方)數,數的是那幾條直直的線)線。
Counting east (東) from the meridian, along the straight north–south lines (經).
關 · Related
西xījīngwest longitude — the other side緯度wěidùlatitude — the lines that cross it