地牛翻身 dì niú fān shēn

DEFINITIONS

  1. (Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)

CHARACTERS

地 dì
HSK 3
earth; soil, ground; region
牛 niú
HSK 2
cow, ox, bull; KangXi radical93
翻 fān
HSK 4
flip over, upset, capsize
身 shēn
HSK 2
body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158