地牛翻身

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

ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome

to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross

variant of 翻[fan1]

to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes

body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158