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清零

qīng líng

2-character word

What 清零 means

1. to restore sth to its initial state
2. to reset (an odometer etc)
3. to empty (a bank account)
4. to eradicate (a disease)
5. computingto clear (memory)
6. to zero (a hard drive)

The characters in 清零

• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 零língzero; nought; zero sign

Words containing 清零

• 动态清零dòng tài qīng língzero-COVID (policy)

Sounds the same

Read qīng líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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