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HSK
to shock / to astonish
HSK 5
earthquake
HSK 5
to shake / to vibrate / to strongly affect / shock / vibration
HSK 7-9
seismic zone / earthquake belt
China Earthquake Administration (CEA) / State Seismological Bureau
to shock the whole world
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  *震* | 震* | *震
to shake / to vibrate / to jolt / to quake / excited / shocked / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing thunder /
HSK 7-9
seismic zone / earthquake belt
(music) tremolo
to shake up / to jolt / to vibrate / to oscillate / to fluctuate
to vibrate / to shake / to shudder
real-time report of earthquake data / earthquake alert
to shake / to shock / to stun / shocking / stunning / shock
HSK 7-9
Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)
earthquake aftershock
Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor
China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Administration 中國地震局|中国地震局
(med.) cerebral concussion
shock-absorber
powerful earthquake / abbr. for 強烈地震|强烈地震
to astonish / to horrify
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平, 陳雲|陈云, 李先念, 彭真, 楊尚昆|杨尚昆, 薄一波, 王震, and 宋任窮|宋任穷 / abbr. to 八老
seismic wave
to inspire awe
earthquake bureau
disastrous earthquake
China Earthquake Administration (CEA) / State Seismological Bureau
seismic zone / earthquake belt
to create a sensation
lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) / fig. to be earthshaking
to be furious
tremorine (drug inducing shivering)
to awe; to intimidate
to shake heaven and earth (idiom)
Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976)
tremors (from an earthquake)
cushioning shoe
Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
earthquake epicenter
force of seismic wave
ancient Indian name for China
knocking (fault in internal combustion engine)
anti-seismic measures / seismic defenses / earthquake resistant
Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
(bird species of China) reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)
perception of tremor
degree of earthquake (on magnitude scale)
an earth-shaking noise (idiom)
circumstances of an earthquake
seismic wave
trembling sound / vibration
seismometer
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
earthquake-resistant construction
the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
a deliberate show of strength as a warning
shock absorption / damping
earthquake epicenter (Tw)
Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
shockproof / to guard against earthquakes
(seismology) focal mechanism
ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters
earthquake area
shocking / stunning / sensational
to have car sex
Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
earthquake swarm
trembling / to shiver with fear
vibrator (sex toy)
stun grenade
medium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep)
Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
palsy / trembling paralysis / used for Parkinson's disease 帕金森病
ear-splitting
seismologist / earthquake scientist
shallow earthquake (with epicenter less than 70 km deep)
epicenter (of earthquake) / hypocenter
love egg (sex toy)
(seismology) Richter scale
(literary) to tremble with fear / to shock
to deafen
seismology / science of earthquakes
earthquake swarm
stun grenade / (Tw) (fig.) sth that produces shockwaves / bombshell (revelation) / blockbuster (product)
(HK) electric shock; electroshock
deep earthquake (with epicenter more than 300 km deep)
Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
to knock out (of a jolt from an earthquake or crash)
to terrify
to tremble / to quiver
seismogram
cushioning shoes (Tw)
Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area


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