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大地震
dàdìzhèn
1. great earthquake

Character Breakdown

大
dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
HSK 1 3 丶
地
de
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
HSK 3 6 丶
震
zhèn
shake, quake, tremor; to excite
HSK 5 15 丶

Compound Words (4)

唐山大地震
TángshānDàdìzhèn
Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976)
四川大地震
SìchuānDàdìzhèn
Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
汶川大地震
WènchuānDàdìzhèn
Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
陕西大地震
Shǎnxīdàdìzhèn
the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people

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