沉
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Definitions
- 1. to submerge
- 2. to immerse
- 3. to sink
- 4. to keep down
- 5. to lower
- 6. to drop
- 7. deep
- 8. profound
- 9. heavy
Words Containing 沉
to contemplate
oppressive (of weather)
to soak
to settle
heavy
steady
steady
to be engrossed
heavy
taciturn
depressed
deep
to sink down
the Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities
overcast
lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.
lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom)
to attack and sink (a ship)
to play the profound thinker
dizzy
murky
to have one's ups and downs
dead atmosphere
to lose one's cool
open caisson
to keep cool; to stay calm
stagnant
to mutter to oneself irresolutely
silence
to stay calm
deeply
to sink
sunk cost (economics)
lit. sinking and floating
to sink into (vice, depravity etc)
deeply immersed
to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women
to indulge in
to lurk under water
to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
precipitate
grief
chronic illness
grave disease
to be fast asleep
sediment
sedimentation (geology)
sedimentary rock (geology)
sedimentary belt (geology)
sediment
caisson
unhurried
shipwreck
a shipwreck
to sink
to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
deep and profound
to become intoxicated
to hit hard
to subside
to sink; to cave in; (of a building etc) to subside
deep growling thunder
peaceful
see 沉默寡言[chén mò guǎ yán]
Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha)
melancholy; gloomy
lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
habitually silent (idiom)
ups and downs (of life etc)
oceanic sediment (geology)
to soak
silicosis (occupational disease of miners)
lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)
lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
clastic sediment
erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
to capsize and sink
to scuttle (a ship)
erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
hemochromatosis
(of the sun) to set
to scuttle (a ship)
gloomy
dark (weather, mood)
without news from sb (idiom)
lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive
pitch-black