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- to shake
- to vibrate
- to jolt
- to quake
- excited
- shocked
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder
- ☳
- 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[Si4 chuan1 Da4 di4 zhen4]
Trad. 譚震林
- Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
Trad. 震撼彈
- stun grenade
- (Tw) (fig.) sth that produces shockwaves
- bombshell (revelation)
- blockbuster (product)
Trad. 震旦紀
- Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
- deep earthquake (with epicenter more than 300 km deep)
Trad. 關東地震
- Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area
Trad. 地震學家
- seismologist
- earthquake scientist
- earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)
Trad. 地震速報
- real-time report of earthquake data
- earthquake alert
Trad. 震古爍今
- lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom)
- fig. to be earthshaking
Trad. 震天動地
- to shake heaven and earth (idiom)
Trad. 震旦鴉雀
- (bird species of China) reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)
Trad. 抗震結構
- earthquake-resistant construction
Trad. 震耳欲聾
- ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
Trad. 震顫麻痺
- palsy
- trembling paralysis
- used for Parkinson's disease 帕金森病[Pa4 jin1 sen1 bing4]
Trad. 淺源地震
- shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)
- to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
- medium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep)
Trad. 國家地震局
- China Earthquake Administration (CEA)
- State Seismological Bureau
- Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976)
Trad. 地震活動帶
- seismic zone
- earthquake belt
Trad. 陝西大地震
- the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
- Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
Trad. 中國地震局
- China Earthquake Administration (CEA)
- State Seismological Bureau
- Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
Trad. 中國地震台網
- China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局[Zhong1 guo2 Di4 zhen4 ju2]
Trad. 抗震救災指揮部
- State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters
Trad. 環太平洋地震帶
- Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)