xiàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. pitfall
  2. 2. trap
  3. 3. to get stuck
  4. 4. to sink
  5. 5. to cave in
  6. 6. to frame (false charge)
  7. 7. to capture (a city in battle)
  8. 8. to fall (to the enemy)
  9. 9. defect

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 陷

缺陷
quē xiàn

defect; flaw

诬陷
wū xiàn

to entrap

陷入
xiàn rù

to sink into

陷害
xiàn hài

to entrap

陷阱
xiàn jǐng

pitfall

下陷
xià xiàn

to subside

人类免疫缺陷病毒
rén lèi miǎn yì quē xiàn bìng dú

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

低陷
dī xiàn

to sink

修昔底德陷阱
xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng

Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)

倾陷
qīng xiàn

to frame (an innocent person)

先天性缺陷
xiān tiān xìng quē xiàn

birth defect

凹陷
āo xiàn

to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed

出生缺陷
chū shēng quē xiàn

birth defect

坳陷
ào xiàn

(geology) depression

塌陷
tā xiàn

to subside

崩陷
bēng xiàn

to fall in

悲剧缺陷
bēi jù quē xiàn

tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)

攀诬陷害
pān wū xiàn hài

unjust accusation

攻陷
gōng xiàn

to overcome

构陷
gòu xiàn

to frame

气陷
qì xiàn

collapse of 氣|气[qì] (TCM)

沉陷
chén xiàn

to sink; to cave in; (of a building etc) to subside

注意力缺陷多动症
zhù yì lì quē xiàn duō dòng zhèng

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

注意力缺陷过动症
zhù yì lì quē xiàn guò dòng zhèng

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

沦陷
lún xiàn

to fall into enemy hands

沦陷区
lún xiàn qū

enemy-held territory

深陷
shēn xiàn

to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc)

瘪陷
biě xiàn

deflated

冲锋陷阵
chōng fēng xiàn zhèn

to charge and break through enemy lines

言语缺陷
yán yǔ quē xiàn

speech defect

诱陷
yòu xiàn

to lure into a trap

语言缺陷
yǔ yán quē xiàn

speech defect

越陷越深
yuè xiàn yuè shēn

to fall deeper and deeper (in debt, in love etc)

身陷
shēn xiàn

to be trapped

身陷囹圄
shēn xiàn líng yǔ

thrown into prison

身陷牢狱
shēn xiàn láo yù

to go to prison

身陷牢笼
shēn xiàn láo lóng

fallen into a trap

陷入牢笼
xiàn rù láo lóng

to fall into a trap

陷坑
xiàn kēng

pitfall

陷于
xiàn yú

caught in (a bad situation)

陷于瘫痪
xiàn yú tān huàn

to be paralyzed

陷落
xiàn luò

to surrender (of a fortress)

陷落带
xiàn luò dài

area of subsidence