地震 (dì zhèn) means “earthquake”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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地震灾害对建筑物造成了很大的破坏。
Dìzhèn zāihài duì jiànzhùwù zàochéng le hěn dà de pòhuài.
Earthquakes cause significant damage to buildings.
Updated: 2026-05-27