地牛翻身 dì niú fān shēn

earthquake

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 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

Character Meaning
地 dì HSK 3
ground; land; adverb marker -ly
牛 niú HSK 2
cow; ox; bull
翻 fān HSK 4
to turn over; to flip over; to translate
身 shēn HSK 2
body; oneself; personally