山体滑坡

山體滑坡
shāntǐhuápō
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 landslide
  2. 2 mountain slope collapse

Examples

Bàoyǔ zhīhòu fāshēng le shāntǐ huápō.
A landslide occurred after the heavy rain.
Shāntǐ huápō zǔduàn le gōnglù.
The landslide blocked the highway.
Yǔjì yào jǐngtì shāntǐ huápō hé níshíliú.
In the rainy season, watch out for landslides and mudflows.

Tips

usage
Standard news/official term for landslide. Often paired with 泥石流 (níshíliú, mudslide/debris flow) in disaster reporting. Shorter colloquial term is just 滑坡 — which also carries the figurative sense of 'sharp decline' (业绩滑坡, 'performance dropped').

Stroke Order

shān
huá