陝西大地震

简 陕西大地震 · 繁 陝西大地震
Mandarin · pinyin Shǎn xī dà dì zhèn

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  1. the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
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陝
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西
xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
震
zhèn · shake, quake, tremor; excite; trigram ☳; hexagram ䷲
陕
shǎn · mountain pass; Shanxi province
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3–1–4–4–4 · Shan3 xi1 da4 di4 zhen4

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sim2 sai1 daai6 dei6 zan3

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陝西大地震 · Shan3 xi1 da4 di4 zhen4
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Exact source record陝西大地震 陕西大地震 [Shan3 xi1 da4 di4 zhen4] /the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people/