地震
dì zhèn
Pinyin

Definition

地震
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dì zhèn
  1. earthquake

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 classifier: 个 gè
地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
不败之地
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position

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
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb

Sample Sentences

地震后，大家七手八脚地帮忙。
dìzhèn hòu ，dàjiā qīshǒubājiǎo de bāngmáng 。
After the earthquake, everyone rushed to help out.
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很多公司在盖房子的时候，都会偷工减料。结果地震一来，全部都倒了。
hěnduō gōngsī zài gài fángzi de shíhou ，dōu huì tōugōngjiǎnliào 。jiéguǒ dìzhèn yī lái ，quánbù dōu dǎo le 。
A lot of companies would cut corners when they build houses. When the earthquake hit, all the houses fell down in the end.
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刚才的地震好大！吓死我了！
gāngcái de dìzhèn hǎo dà ！hèsǐ wǒ le ！
The earthquake just now was really big! I was scared to death!
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规模四级的有感地震，各地陆续传出灾情，建筑物倒塌、人员受伤，救护人员忙得不可开交，目前伤亡人数还在统计中，请锁定本台新闻，将持续为您报导最新的情况
guīmó sì jí de yǒu gǎn dìzhèn ，gèdì lùxù to give off zāiqíng ，jiànzhùwù dǎotā 、rényuán shòushāng ，jiùhùrényuán máng de bùkěkāijiāo ，mùqián shāngwáng rénshù háizài tǒngjì zhōng ，qǐng suǒdìng běn tái xīnwén ，jiāng chíxù wèi nín bàodǎo zuìxīn de qíngkuàng
... it felt like a magnitude 4 earthquake, there are reports on the disaster from all over coming in, including roof collapses and injuries. The rescue workers are totally overwhelmed. We are still totting up the injury and death count. Please stick here for all the latest news on the situation...
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地震以后，很多国家都参加救援。
dìzhèn yǐhòu ，hěn duō guójiā dōu cānjiā jiùyuán 。
After the earthquake, many countries offered emergency aid.
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地震的时候水和食物都不够，有的商人就会趁机涨价。
dìzhèn de shíhou shuǐ hé shíwù dōu bùgòu ，yǒude shāngrén jiù huì chènjī zhǎngjià 。
When there's an earthquake, food and water aren't enough, and some businessmen will take advantage of the rise in prices.
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地震了！地震了！
dìzhèn le ！dìzhèn le ！
Earthquake! Earthquake!
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大家都下来了吧？嗯，很好，这次的地震演习结束！
dàjiā dōu xiàlái le ba ？ng ，hěn hǎo ，zhècì de dìzhèn yǎnxí jiéshù ！
Did everyone make it down? Well, good, this earthquake drill is over!
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呀，地震了。
ya ，dìzhèn le 。
Ah! An earthquake!
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又地震了！
yòu dìzhèn le ！
There was an earthquake again!
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