震旦

ancient Indian name for China

Characters and words in 震旦

to shake / to vibrate / to jolt / to quake / excited / shocked / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder / ☳

= + : James II of England (zh) is taking part in a game show. His task is to carry a birthday cake (辰) to the other end of the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) while it is raining (雨) heavily and an earthquake (震) is shaking (震) James II of England and the cake. James II of England has to take care to cancel out the vibrations caused by the earthquake or his cake will collapse.
dawn / morning / daybreak / day / dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: A big mug, since many people start the day with a mug of coffee.

Don Quixote (d) meets the sun (日) early in the morning (旦) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Don Quixote is full of energy and can't wait to start into a new adventure, but since the sun is a morning grouch who only just started drinking her mug of coffee (mnemonic symbol for 旦) she cannot stand it and beats him over the head with a flute (一) to calm him a bit down.

Words with 震旦

Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
(bird species of China) reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)

Sentences with 震旦

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