| 唐山大地震 |
Táng shān Dà dì zhèn |
Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976) |
| 唐 |
Táng |
Tang dynasty (618–907) / surname Tang |
| 唐 |
táng |
to exaggerate / empty / in vain / old variant of 螗 |
| 唐山 |
Táng shān |
see 唐山市 / China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese) |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 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 / ☳ |