川震
Chuān zhèn
Pinyin

Definition

川震
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Chuān zhèn
  1. Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people
  2. same as 四川大地震[Sì chuān Dà dì zhèn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

四川
Sì chuān
  1. 1 Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
地震
dì zhèn
  1. 1 earthquake
震撼
zhèn hàn
  1. 1 to shake
  2. 2 to shock
  3. 3 to stun
  4. 4 shocking
  5. 5 stunning
  6. 6 shock
震惊
zhèn jīng
  1. 1 to shock
  2. 2 to astonish
一马平川
yī mǎ píng chuān
  1. 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
仁川
Rén chuān
  1. 1 Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jīng jī dào], South Korea
冰川
bīng chuān
  1. 1 glacier
北川
Běi chuān
  1. 1 Beichuan county level city in Mianyang prefecture 綿陽|绵阳, Sichuan
合川
Hé chuān
  1. 1 Hechuan suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
吴川
Wú chuān
  1. 1 Wuchuan county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhàn jiāng], Guangdong
周小川
Zhōu Xiǎo chuān
  1. 1 Zhou Xiaochuan (1948-), PRC banker and politician, governor of People's Bank of China 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhōng guó Rén mín Yín háng] from 2002
四川省
Sì chuān Shěng
  1. 1 Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川[Chuān] or 蜀[Shǔ], capital Chengdu 成都[Chéng dū]
小川
Xiǎo chuān
  1. 1 Ogawa (Japanese surname)
川
Chuān
  1. 1 abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川[Sì chuān] in southwest China
川沙
Chuān shā
  1. 1 Chuansha, name of street and park in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区[Pǔ dōng xīn qū], Shanghai
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
川菜
Chuān cài
  1. 1 Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine
川贝
Chuān bèi
  1. 1 Sichuan fritillary bulb (Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae, used in TCM)
东川
Dōng chuān
  1. 1 Dongchuan district of Kunming city 昆明市[Kūn míng shì], Yunnan
永川
Yǒng chuān
  1. 1 Yongchuan suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

Idioms (10)

一马平川
yī mǎ píng chuān
  1. 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
哭声震天
kū shēng zhèn tiān
  1. 1 lit. cries of grief shake the heavens
  2. 2 great sorrow (idiom)
威震天下
wēi zhèn tiān xià
  1. 1 to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
海纳百川
hǎi nà bǎi chuān
  1. 1 all rivers run into the sea
  2. 2 use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
百川归海
bǎi chuān guī hǎi
  1. 1 all things tend in one direction (idiom)
震古烁今
zhèn gǔ shuò jīn
  1. 1 shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries
  2. 2 glorious and world-shattering
震天价响
zhèn tiān ga xiǎng
  1. 1 an earth-shaking noise (idiom)
震天动地
zhèn tiān dòng dì
  1. 1 to shake heaven and earth (idiom)
震耳欲聋
zhèn ěr yù lóng
  1. 1 ear-splitting (idiom); deafening

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