Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 震


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Meaning

to shake (earth quake), to vibrate, to tremble, excited, shocked

Pronunciation

zhèn

Explanation

Top: rain , below: 'early morning' = image of plowing (At the field corner a first line is plowed by the farmer .)

Mnemonic

When rain causes "plowed lines" (in a puddle), it is like a "quake".

Radicals

rain
morning: 7-9 a.m.(Actually a dragon, but used as a plow: At the field corner a first line is plowed by the farmer )
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Vocabulary

震动 zhèn dòng to shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect; shock; vibration
震撼性 zhèn hàn xìng shocking
震撼 zhèn hàn to shake; to vibrate; to shock; to stun; shocking; stunning; fig. mind-blowing
震慑 zhèn shè to awe; to intimidate
震眩弹 zhèn xuàn dàn stun grenade
震耳欲聋 zhèn ěr yù lóng ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
震聋 zhèn lóng to deafen
震古烁今 zhèn gǔ shuò jīn shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries; glorious and world-shattering
谭震林 Tán Zhèn lín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the cultural revolution

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