唐山大地震

Mandarin · pinyin Táng shān Dà dì zhèn

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  1. Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976)
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唐
táng · Tang dynasty; Chinese
山
shān · mountain, hill, peak
大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
震
zhèn · shake, quake, tremor; excite; trigram ☳; hexagram ䷲
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2–1–4–4–4 · Tang2 shan1 Da4 di4 zhen4

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tong4 saan1 daai6 dei6 zan3

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tong4 saan1 daai6 dei6 zan3

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