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1 zero
2 nought
3 zero sign
4 fractional
5 fragmentary
6 odd (of numbers)
7 (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
8 fraction
9 (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
10 extra
11 to wither and fall
12 to wither

零下

líng xià

1 below zero

零食

líng shí

1 between-meal nibbles
2 snacks

凋零

diāo líng

1 withered
2 wilted
3 to wither
4 to fade
5 to decay

孤零零

gū líng líng

1 lone
2 isolated and without help
3 all alone
4 solitary

Idioms (7)

七零八落

qī líng bā luò

1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder

化整为零

huà zhěng wéi líng

1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
2 divide and conquer

四海飘零

sì hǎi piāo líng

1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)

感激涕零

gǎn jī tì líng

1 to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears

琴剑飘零

qín jiàn piāo líng

1 floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position

Sample Sentences

我们可以看到，在80年代全球的电脑用户只占总人口的百分之零点五左右。而自90年代起，这个数量发生了急剧的变化。而在这个位置，2000年的时候，我们可以看到电脑用户的所占比率在百分之四至百分之五，呈爆炸式的增长。和80年代相比，等于增加了十倍。

wǒmen kěyǐ kàndào ，zài bāshí niándài quánqiú de diànnǎo yònghù zhǐ zhàn zǒngrénkǒu de bǎifēnzhī língdiǎnwǔ zuǒyòu 。ér zì jiǔshíniándài qǐ ，zhè ge shùliàng fāshēng le jíjù de biànhuà 。ér zài zhè ge wèizhi ，èr líng líng líng nián de shíhou ，wǒmen kěyǐ kàndào diànnǎo yònghù de suǒ zhàn bǐlǜ zài bǎifēnzhīsì zhì bǎifēnzhī wǔ ，chéng bàozhàshì de zēngzhǎng 。hé bāshí niándài xiāngbǐ ，děngyú zēngjiā le shíbèi 。

We can see here that in the 1980's the total number of computer users stood at about 0.5% of the world's population. From the 90's on, this number has changed dramatically. And from this point, the year 2000, we can see that the proportion of computer users has risen to between four and five percent, which is an explosive amount of growth. Compared to the 80's, the number has increased tenfold.

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你怎么光注意这个？温室效应的后果可是很严重的。你有没有看过戈尔拍的纪录片？全球气温每升高零点一度，对人类来说都是灾难。

nǐ zěnme guāng zhùyì zhège ？wēnshì xiàoyìng de hòuguǒ kěshì hěn yánzhòng de 。nǐ yǒu mei yǒu kàn guo Gēěr pāi de jìlùpiàn ？quánqiú qìwēn měi shēnggāo líng diǎn yī dù ，duì rénlèi láishuō dōu shì zāinàn 。

How can you only pay attention to that? The consequences of the greenhouse effect are very grave. Have you seen Al Gore's documentary? For every 0.1 degree the earth's temperature rises, it's a calamity for the human race.

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