Wèn chuān Dà dì zhèn

汶川大地震 (Wèn chuān Dà dì zhèn) is a Chinese word meaning “Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)”.

Meanings

  1. 1Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)

Characters in 汶川大地震

汶Wèn · Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川)川chuān · (bound form) river大dà · big; large; great地de · -ly震zhèn · to shake

Related words

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