A landslip is when a piece of earth or rock breaks away and slides down a hill, cliff, or bank.

A landslip山崩、坍方（landslip） is when a piece of earth or rock是指一塊泥土或岩石 breaks away崩落下來 and slides down a hill, cliff, or bank沿著山坡、懸崖或堤岸滑下去。

Dictionaries mark it as smaller than a landslide: a landslide is the huge fall you see on the news; a landslip can be a slope that gives way after heavy rain.

Dictionaries mark it as smaller than a landslide字典把它標記為比landslide小的規模：a landslide is the huge fall you see on the newslandslide是你在新聞上看到的那種大規模崩落；a landslip can be a slope that gives way after heavy rainlandslip則可能只是大雨後鬆動崩落的一段山坡。

The word is mainly British. In American English people nearly always say landslide, or they name what moved: mudslide, rockslide.

The word is mainly British這個字主要是英式用法。In American English美式英語裡，people nearly always say landslide幾乎都說landslide，or they name what moved或直接說出移動的東西：mudslide, rockslide土石流、落石。

Though actually, even in Britain, news reports often say landslide for both, so the tidy “small versus big” line is tidier than real talk.

Though actually不過其實，even in Britain就算在英國，news reports often say landslide for both新聞報導也常常兩種都說landslide，so the tidy 'small versus big' line所以這條「小的vs.大的」的整齊界線 is tidier than real talk比實際講話時整齊多了。

One thing it never means: a very big win in an election. That use belongs to landslide, and landslip does not follow it.

One thing it never means有一件事這個字絕對不會指：a very big win in an election選舉中大獲全勝。That use belongs to landslide那個用法是屬於landslide的，and landslip does not follow itlandslip沒有這個意思。