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