ancient Chinese seismograph; Houfeng Didong Yi
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ancient Chinese seismograph; abbreviated name of the Houfeng Didong Yi
formalA famous seismological instrument invented by Zhang Heng (张衡) during the Eastern Han Dynasty (c. 132 AD) to detect and roughly locate distant earthquakes. The full name is 候风地动仪 (Houfeng Didong Yi).
Zhāng张
Héng衡
fā发
míng明
de的
dì地
dòng动
yí仪
shì是
shì世
jiè界
zuì最
zǎo早
de的
dì地
zhèn震
jiān监
cè测
yí仪
qì器
zhī之
yī一
。
The seismograph invented by Zhang Heng is one of the earliest earthquake monitoring instruments in the world.
Dì地
dòng动
yí仪
de的
fù复
zhì制
pǐn品
xiàn现
zài在
chén陈
liè列
zài在
Zhōng中
guó国
guó国
jiā家
bó博
wù物
guǎn馆
lǐ里
。
A replica of the seismograph is now displayed in the National Museum of China.
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Wǒ我
men们
shàng上
xué学
shí时
zài在
lì历
shǐ史
shū书
shàng上
xué学
guo过
guān关
yú于
dì地
dòng动
yí仪
de的
zhī知
shi识
。
We learned about the seismograph in our history textbooks when we were in school.