川震

Traditional form:

川震

Pinyin (reading):

Chuānzhèn

Definitions:

• Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people
• same as 四川大地震 ( Sìchuān Dàdìzhèn)

Characters:

• 川 - stream, river
• 震 - shake, quake, tremor; to excite

Traditional characters:

• 川 - stream, river
• 震 - shake, quake, tremor; to excite