A short news item from Beijing Youth Daily talks of the tragic January 14th stampede in a temple in India.
印度西南喀拉拉邦14日晚发生重大踩踏事件，目前造成至少104人死亡。踩踏事件是在信众参加印度教庆祝活动后返回时发生的。印度总理辛格决定，为每位遇难者的家属提供10万卢比（1美元约合45卢比）的抚恤金，为每位伤者提供5万卢比的补偿金。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 印 | Yìn | surname Yin; abbr. for 印度[Yin4 du4], India |
| 度 | dù | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences |
| 西南 | xī nán | southwest |
| 喀 | ||
| 拉 | lā | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels |
| 邦 | bāng | (bound form) country; nation; state |
| 日 | rì | (bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with |
| 晚 | wǎn | evening; night; late |
| 发生 | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important; major; significant |
| 踩 | cái | to step on; to tread; to stamp |
| 踏 | tā | see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5] |
| 事 | shì | matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] |
| 件 | jiàn | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 造 | zǎo | to make; to manufacture; to fabricate; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); classifier for crops |
| 成 | Chéng | surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1] |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least; (to say the) least |
| 人 | rén | person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die; death |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 信 | xìn | letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random |
| 众 | Zhòng | abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives; variant of 眾|众[zhong4] |
| 参加 | cān jiā | to participate; to take part; to join |
| 教 | Jiào | surname Jiao |
| 庆祝 | qìng zhù | to celebrate |
| 活 | huó | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
| 动 | dòng | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb |
| 后 | Hòu | surname Hou; back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post- |
| 返 | fán | to return (to) |
| 回 | Huí | Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); to curve; to return; to revolve; variant of 迴|回[hui2] |
| 时 | shí | old variant of 時|时[shi2]; surname Shi |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 总 | zǒng | (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3… |
| 理 | lǐ | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle… |
| 辛 | Xīn | surname Xin |
| 格 | gē | used in 格登[ge1 deng1] |
| 决定 | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]) |
| 为 | wéi | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice); variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 每 | měi | each; every |
| 位 | wèi | position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential |
| 遇 | Yù | surname Yu |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
| 者 | zhě | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously);… |
| 家属 | jiā shǔ | family member; (family) dependent |
| 提 | dī | used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5] |
| 供 | gong | to provide; to supply |
| 万 | mò | used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]; surname Wan |
| 卢 | lū | surname Lu |
| 比 | Bǐ | Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2] |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 约 | yāo | to weigh in a balance or on a scale |
| 合 | gě | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗; variant of 合[he2] |
| 抚恤金 | fǔ xù jīn | compensation payment (for injury); relief payment |
| 伤者 | shāng zhě | casualty; victim (of an accident); wounded person |
| 补 | bǔ | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement |
| 偿 | chāng | to repay; to recompense |
| 金 | Jīn | surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234) |
A major stampede took place the night of [January] 14th in India’s southwestern Kerala state, leaving at least 104 people dead. The trampling incident happened when a crowd participating in a Hindu festival left. Indian Prime Minister Singh is offering 100,000 rupees in compensation to the family members of each of the deceased (1 US Dollar is approximately 45 rupees), and 50,000 rupees in compensation to the injured.