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中源地震

Mandarin · pinyin zhōng yuán dì zhèn

medium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep)

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中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
源: yuán · spring; source, head; surname
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
震: zhèn · shake, quake, tremor; excite; trigram ☳; hexagram ䷲

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1–2–4–4 · zhong1 yuan2 di4 zhen4

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zung1 jyun4 dei6 zan3

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