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群發性地震

简群发性地震 · 繁群發性地震

Mandarin · pinyin qún fā xìng dì zhèn

earthquake swarm

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群: qún · group, crowd, multitude, mob
發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
性: xìng · nature, character, sex
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
震: zhèn · shake, quake, tremor; excite; trigram ☳; hexagram ䷲
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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2–1–4–4–4 · qun2 fa1 xing4 di4 zhen4

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