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earthquake
HSK 5
to shock / to astonish
HSK 5
trembling / to shiver with fear
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  *震* | 震* | *震
to shake / to vibrate / to jolt / to quake / excited / shocked / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing thunder /
HSK 7-9
(music) tremolo
to shake / to shock / to stun / shocking / stunning / shock
HSK 7-9
Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)
(bird species of China) reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)
seismic zone / earthquake belt
seismic zone / earthquake belt
China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局
to shake heaven and earth (idiom)
China Earthquake Administration (CEA) / State Seismological Bureau
Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
to vibrate / to shake / to shudder
seismic wave
to inspire awe
Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
stun grenade / (Tw) (fig.) sth that produces shockwaves / bombshell (revelation) / blockbuster (product)
earthquake bureau
earthquake-resistant construction
to create a sensation
lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) / fig. to be earthshaking
to be furious
Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
to shake / to vibrate / to strongly affect / shock / vibration
HSK 7-9
Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976)
tremors (from an earthquake)
earthquake epicenter
real-time report of earthquake data / earthquake alert
ancient Indian name for China
to shock the whole world
knocking (fault in internal combustion engine)
(med.) cerebral concussion
anti-seismic measures / seismic defenses / earthquake resistant
Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
force of seismic wave
ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
circumstances of an earthquake
palsy / trembling paralysis / used for Parkinson's disease 帕金森病
seismologist / earthquake scientist
powerful earthquake / abbr. for 強烈地震|强烈地震
seismic wave
to shake up / to jolt / to vibrate / to oscillate / to fluctuate
Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people / same as 四川大地震
cushioning shoe
to astonish / to horrify
disastrous earthquake
seismometer
a deliberate show of strength as a warning
earthquake epicenter (Tw)
seismogram
Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
China Earthquake Administration (CEA) / State Seismological Bureau
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
shockproof / to guard against earthquakes
degree of earthquake (on magnitude scale)
seismic zone / earthquake belt
vibrator (sex toy)
shocking / stunning / sensational
stun grenade
the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
an earth-shaking noise (idiom)
Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
tremorine (drug inducing shivering)
seismology / science of earthquakes
medium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep)
shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)
ear-splitting
earthquake aftershock
earthquake swarm
epicenter (of earthquake) / hypocenter
love egg (sex toy)
earthquake area
to awe; to intimidate
to deafen
perception of tremor
(seismology) Richter scale
(literary) to tremble with fear / to shock
earthquake swarm
shock absorption / damping
(HK) electric shock; electroshock
to tremble / to quiver
deep earthquake (with epicenter more than 300 km deep)
Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
to have car sex
to knock out (of a jolt from an earthquake or crash)
trembling sound / vibration
to terrify
shock-absorber
Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area
cushioning shoes (Tw)
(seismology) focal mechanism
State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters


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