四川大地震

Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)

four / 4

Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都

abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川[Si4 chuan1] in southwest China

(bound form) river / creek / plain / an area of level country

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

earth / mother earth

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]

earthquake

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