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earthquake

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身體前方

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Action description

Open both hands wide, face the palm downward, and shake you hands back and forth. This sign mimics the earth shaking.

Example sentence

Our house collapsed in that earthquake. I wasn’t here at that time because I went to Chiayi. I went to Chiayi around 6 o’clock to buy things like shoe soles and shoe oil. I drove to Chiayi and when it was around 8 o'clock, the earthquake happened and some buildings had collapsed. So I returned home immediately.
It was long time ago./It has been a long time. The earthquake happened in 1964. Let me use the calculator. Oh, it was 44 years ago.

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