| 关东地震 |
Guān dōng dì zhèn |
Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area |
| 关 |
Guān |
surname Guan |
| 关 |
guān |
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve |
| 关东 |
Guān dōng |
Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海关 / Kantō region of Japan |
| 东 |
Dōng |
surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng |
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 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 |
| 地震 |
dì zhèn |
earthquake |
| 震 |
zhèn |
to shake / to vibrate / to jolt / to quake / excited / shocked / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing thunder / ☳ |