地牛翻身

dì niú fān shēn

Dictionary entry

(Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)

What does 地牛翻身 mean?

地牛翻身 (dì niú fān shēn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(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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地de-ly · structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct 牛Niúsurname Niu 翻fānto turn over · to flip over 身shēnbody · life

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地牛翻身

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