| 冲断层 |
chōng duàn céng |
thrust fault (geology) / compression fault |
| 冲 |
chōng |
(of water) to dash against / to mix with water / to infuse / to rinse / to flush / to develop (a film) / to rise in the air / to clash / to collide with |
| 冲 |
chōng |
thoroughfare / to go straight ahead / to rush / to clash |
| 冲 |
chòng |
powerful / vigorous / pungent / towards / in view of |
| 断 |
duàn |
to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly |
| 断层 |
duàn céng |
fault (geology) (CL:道) / (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional |
| 层 |
céng |
to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers |