地幔

dìmàn
noun #30,007

Meanings

  1. 1 Earth's mantle
  2. 2 mantle (geology)

Examples

Dìmàn wèiyú dìqiào hé dìhé zhījiān.
The mantle lies between the Earth's crust and core.
Huǒshān bàofā yǔ dìmàn zhōng de yánjiāng huódòng yǒuguān.
Volcanic eruptions are related to magma activity in the mantle.

Tips

memory
means a curtain or mantle (a flowing covering). Earth's 地幔 is like a thick 「curtain」 wrapped around the core. In Chinese, the geological layers are: 地壳 (crust) → 地幔 (mantle) → 地核 (core).

Stroke Order

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