造山运动

造山運動

zàoshānyùndòng

noun

Meanings

Xǐmǎlāyǎshān shì Yìndù bǎnkuài hé Ōuyà bǎnkuài pèngzhuàng zàoshānyùndòng de jiéguǒ.

The Himalayas are the result of orogeny from the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates.

Zàoshānyùndòng kěnéng chíxù shù bǎiwàn nián.

An orogeny can last several million years.

memory

Literally 'mountain-making movement' — the Chinese term is more transparent than the English 'orogeny' (Greek oros 'mountain' + genesis).

造 zào

山 shān

运 yùn

动 dòng