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淹
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Definitions
- 1. to flood
- 2. to submerge
- 3. to drown
- 4. to irritate the skin (of liquids)
- 5. to delay
Example Sentences
1 shown這個島嶼即將被 淹 沒。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 淹
to submerge
to submerge
to drown
to stay for a long period
to submerge
to be flooded
listless
widely read
Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记
basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)