震

zhèn

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震 — zhèn

1. to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake

   地震把房子震得直摇。 dìzhèn bǎ fángzi zhèn dé zhí yáo — The earthquake shook the house violently.

2. to feel a shock; emotionally shaken; (archaic) excited, shocked

   听到这个消息，我心里一震。 tīngdào zhège xiāoxī wǒ xīnlǐ yī zhèn — Hearing that news, I felt a shock inside.

3. one of the Eight Trigrams (八卦), representing thunder; the trigram ☳

   在《易经》中，震卦象征雷。 zài yìjīng zhōng zhèn guà xiàngzhēng léi — In the I Ching, the Zhen trigram symbolizes thunder.