地牛翻身

dìniúfānshēn
(Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)

CEDICT

taiwan colloquial

Entry Composition

1 地 dì
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier: 片
2 牛 niú
  1. ox
  2. cow
  3. bull
  4. newton (abbr. for 牛頓 niúdùn)
  5. (slang) awesome

classifiers: 條, 頭
3 翻身 fānshēn
  1. to turn over (when lying)
  2. (fig.) to free oneself
  3. to emancipate oneself
  4. to bring about a change of one's fortunes