地震帶

地

dì

震

zhèn

带

帶

dài

seismic zone / earthquake belt

Characters and words in 地震帶

地

de = d + e5

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

地

dì = di + Ø4

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

地 = 也 + 土 : Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.

地

dì

震

zhèn

earthquake

震

zhèn = zh + (e)n4

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

震 = 辰 + 雨 : 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.

带

帶

dài = d + ai4

band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise

带 = 卅 + 冖 + 巾 : Don Quixote purchased thirty cooking tops in the airplane's bathroom to build new armor out of them. Now the question is: how does he get them home? Finally he has a good idea: He spreads out a towel on the floor, stacks the thirty cooking tops as a pyramid and pulls the towel with a belt. It works! This way he can bring them back to his place.