1 earthquake

1 to explode or burst

2 to quick fry or quick boil

1 full to bursting

1 explosion

2 to explode

3 to blow up

4 to detonate

1 to break out

2 to erupt

3 to explode

4 to burst out

1 lit. cries of grief shake the heavens

2 great sorrow (idiom)

1 to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)

1 shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries

2 glorious and world-shattering

1 an earth-shaking noise (idiom)

1 to shake heaven and earth (idiom)