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沉
Mandarin: chen2
Definitions
  1. 1 to submerge
  2. 2 to immerse
  3. 3 to sink
  4. 4 to keep down
  5. 5 to lower
  6. 6 to drop
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 profound
  9. 9 heavy
  10. 10 to be addicted to
  11. 11 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 沉
沉痛的
[adj] lamentable
寶物沉歸底
good things come at the end
沉醉
[v] to become intoxicated
宦海沉浮
the ups and downs of official career
大好沉香當爛柴
wasting one's potentials
破釜沉舟
to show determination (lit., "destroy all the cooking pots and sink all the ship
搭沉船
to go on a sinking ship; to ride on a wrong vehicle; it is also used to describe
沉默是金
silence is golden
沉魚落雁
unequalled beauty
好物沉歸底
the best comes at the end
沉痛
bitter; resentful
沉底
(verb) sink to the bottom; sunken
沉積物
sediment
撞沉
to sink (because of a crash or collision)
沉手
sinking hand (one of the Wing Chun/Ving Tsun kung fu 詠春拳's principal hand
沉痾
[literary] chronic disease; severe and lingering illness; incurable and debilita
一沉百踩
he is being bullied by others | (metaphor) when someone is undervalued, or losse
沉思
to contemplate; to ponder; to reflect; meditation; contemplation; reflection
一竹篙揇沉一船人
Tar with the same bush, meaning to believe wrongly that someone or something has
沉悶
depressed; oppressive (weather)
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