a house collapses; the ceiling collapses

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Straighten and close all fingers of both hands, place your hands diagonally to form a triangle, with finger tips touching each other; then, swing both hands downward while disconnecting the finger tips. This sign mimics a collapsing ceiling.

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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.

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