earthquake

dì zhèn

d+ì·4th tonezh+èn·4th tone

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When the big earthquake occurred, I was just ten.

大地震发生的时候，我才十岁。

The earthquake was the biggest one that we had ever experienced.

这是我们历来经历过最大的地震。

If there's a big earthquake, the house could really collapse!

若有大地震，房屋会倒塌呀！

The water mains burst due to the earthquake.

一条主要水管被地震震裂了。

There was an earthquake yesterday.

昨天发生了一场地震。

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