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地动

dì dòng

2-character word Traditional 地動

What 地动 means

1. earthquake (old term)

The characters in 地动

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Words starting with 地动

• 地动仪dì dòng yíthe world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡; abbr. for 候风地动仪
• 地动山摇dì dòng shān yáothe earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle

Words containing 地动

• 候风地动仪hòu fēng dì dòng yíthe world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡

Sounds the same

Read dì dòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 地洞tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout