TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 詞
中軸線
ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ · zhōngzhóuxiàn
proper noun — the Central Axis, the north–south line on which old Beijing is laid out; (generally) a central axis
字源 FORM — what the parts do
中middle, central (中央)zhōng
軸an axle, the line a thing turns on (車軸)zhóu
線a line (線條)xiàn
中軸線，中央的中，車軸的軸，線條的線。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一根中央（中）的軸（軸）拉成直線（線）——城門、宮殿，一個個串在上面。
One central (中) axle (軸) drawn out into a line (線) — gates and palaces strung along it.
關 · Related
央zhōngyāngthe centre — the 心zhóuxīna pivot, axis — the