| 东非大地堑 | 
Dōng Fēi dà dì qiàn | 
Great East African rift valley | 
| 东 | 
Dōng | 
surname Dong | 
| 东 | 
dōng | 
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord | 
| 东非 | 
Dōng fēi | 
East Africa | 
|  非 | 
Fēi | 
abbr. for 非洲, Africa | 
|  非 | 
fēi | 
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must | 
|   大 | 
dà | 
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) | 
|   大 | 
dài | 
see 大夫 | 
|   大地 | 
dà dì | 
earth / mother earth | 
|    地 | 
de | 
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct | 
|    地 | 
dì | 
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 | 
|    地堑 | 
dì qiàn | 
trench, rift valley | 
|     堑 | 
qiàn | 
(bound form) moat; chasm |