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陝西大地震

简陕西大地震 · 繁陝西大地震

Mandarin · pinyin Shǎn xī dà dì zhèn

the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people

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陝: Look up this written character
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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