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Pronunciation
这 ( zhè ) 是 ( shì ) 最大 ( zuì dà ) 灾难 ( zāi nàn ) 来临 ( lái lín ) 之前 ( zhī qián ) 的 ( de ) 征兆 ( zhēng zhào ) 在 ( zài ) 美国 ( Měi guó ) 领土 ( lǐng tǔ ) 上 ( shàng ) 会 ( huì ) 摧毁 ( cuī huǐ ) 整个 ( zhěng gè ) 芝加哥 ( Zhī jiā gē ) 市中心 ( shì zhōng xīn )
这 (zhè, ㄓㄜˋ ) this; these; (commonly pronounced zhei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing) [CE-DICT]
是 (これ) (pn) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1,其れ・1,彼・あれ・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (arch) here; (5) (arch) I (me); (6) (arch) certainly; (P) [EDICT] (ぜ) (n) righteousness; justice; right [EDICT] (shì, ㄕˋ ) is; are; am; yes; to be [CE-DICT]
在 (ざい) (n) (1) country; countryside; (2) outskirts; suburbs; (pref) (3) situated in; resident in [EDICT] (zài, ㄗㄞˋ ) (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress) [CE-DICT]
美 (び) (n,n-suf) beauty; (P) [EDICT] (měi, ㄇㄟˇ ) America; beautiful [CE-DICT]
国 (くに) (n) (1) country; (the) state; (2) region; (3) (obs) (See 国郡里制) province (of Japan); (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (arch) land; earth; (P) [EDICT] (guó, ㄍㄨㄛˊ ) country; nation; state; national; surname Guo [CE-DICT]
会 (え) (n) (arch) gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.) [EDICT] (かい) (n,n-suf) (1) meeting; assembly; party; (2) association; club; (P) [EDICT] (huì, ㄏㄨㄟˋ ) can; be possible; be able to; will; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association [CE-DICT] (kuài, ㄎㄨㄞˋ ) to balance an account; accounting [CE-DICT]
摧 (cuī, ㄘㄨㄟ ) break; destroy; devastate; ravage; repress [CE-DICT]
毁 (huǐ, ㄏㄨㄟˇ ) to destroy; to damage; to ruin [CE-DICT] (huǐ, ㄏㄨㄟˇ ) blaze; destroy by fire [CE-DICT] (huǐ, ㄏㄨㄟˇ ) defame; to slander [CE-DICT]