The wide earth (soil) is also where all things flourish and grow.
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.)
MEANING
- 壹名noun
(Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)
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"Earth cow turning over" is a colloquial name for an earthquake.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 牛(ox (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 牛 is a picture of a cow with two horns and a straight body standing upright.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 番(alternately; rotate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
- 羽(feather; wing)RADICAL
A bird flapping its feathered wings in continuous rotating motion to take flight is a spinning movement.
(Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)
MEANING
- 壹名noun
(Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)
- 。
"Earth cow turning over" is a colloquial name for an earthquake.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 牛(ox (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 牛 is a picture of a cow with two horns and a straight body standing upright.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 番(alternately; rotate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
- 羽(feather; wing)RADICAL
A bird flapping its feathered wings in continuous rotating motion to take flight is a spinning movement.
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