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汶川大地震

wèn chuān dà dì zhèn

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Definitions

  1. 1. Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)

Child Words of 汶川大地震

地
de

-ly

地
dì

earth

大
dà

big; large; great

汶川
wèn chuān

Wenchuan County (Tibetan: wun khron rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Sichuan

大地
dà dì

earth

川
chuān

(bound form) river

地震
dì zhèn

earthquake

大
dài

see 大夫[dài fu]

汶
wèn

Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川)

震
zhèn

to shake