候风地动仪
hòu fēng dì dòng yí
Pinyin

Definition

候风地动仪
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hòu fēng dì dòng yí
  1. the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

地
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地主
dì zhǔ
  1. 1 landlord
  2. 2 landowner
  3. 3 host
地址
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
时候
shí hou
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 length of time
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period
不败之地
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position
伺候
cì hòu
  1. 1 to serve
  2. 2 to wait upon
倒地
dǎo dì
  1. 1 to fall to the ground
候车室
hòu chē shì
  1. 1 waiting room (for train, bus etc)
候选人
hòu xuǎn rén
  1. 1 candidate
  2. 2 CL:名[míng]
内地
Nèi dì
  1. 1 mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan)
  2. 2 Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
到时候
dào shí hòu
  1. 1 when the moment comes
  2. 2 at that time
原地
yuán dì
  1. 1 (in) the original place
  2. 2 the place where one currently is
  3. 3 place of origin
  4. 4 local (product)
问候
wèn hòu
  1. 1 to give one's respects
  2. 2 to send a greeting
  3. 3 (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
土地
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
地上
dì shang
  1. 1 on the ground
  2. 2 on the floor
地下
dì xià
  1. 1 underground
  2. 2 subterranean
  3. 3 covert
地位
dì wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 status
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
地儿
dì r5
  1. 1 place
  2. 2 space
地区
dì qū
  1. 1 local
  2. 2 regional
  3. 3 district (not necessarily formal administrative unit)
  4. 4 region
  5. 5 area
  6. 6 as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or county level city)
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
人杰地灵
rén jié dì líng
  1. 1 illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù
  1. 1 hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
  2. 2 fig. having an uncomfortable time
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
  1. 1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
  2. 2 to excel
因地制宜
yīn dì zhì yí
  1. 1 (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
地久天长
dì jiǔ tiān cháng
  1. 1 enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal
  2. 2 for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc)
  3. 3 also written 天長地久|天长地久
地利人和
dì lì rén hé
  1. 1 favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom); good location and the people satisfied
地动山摇
dì dòng shān yáo
  1. 1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
  1. 1 vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
壹败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 failed and in a hopeless position
天不怕地不怕
tiān bù pà dì bù pà
  1. 1 fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fearless
天公地道
tiān gōng dì dào
  1. 1 absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
天地悬隔
tiān dì xuán gé
  1. 1 lit. a gulf between heaven and earth
  2. 2 wide difference of opinion (idiom)
天寒地冻
tiān hán dì dòng
  1. 1 cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold
天崩地裂
tiān bēng dì liè
  1. 1 heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster
  2. 2 fig. violent revolution
  3. 3 major social upheaval

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