THE GREAT SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE


Meaning of THE GREAT SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE in English

Sichuan Earthquake, the BrE AmE ( also the Great Sichuan Earthquake , the Wenchuan Earthquake )

a severe ↑ earthquake (=shaking of the ground) that mainly affected the Sichuan ↑ province of China in May 2008. At least 69,000 people were killed and millions of people were made homeless.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.