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xiàn
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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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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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5550066)

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Words Containing 陷

身陷牢狱
shēn xiàn láo yù

to go to prison

陷坑
xiàn kēng

pitfall

下陷
xià xiàn

to subside

出生缺陷
chū shēng quē xiàn

birth defect

构陷
gòu xiàn

to frame

沦陷区
lún xiàn qū

enemy-held territory

攀诬陷害
pān wū xiàn hài

unjust accusation

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

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

缺陷
quē xiàn

defect; flaw

陷于
xiàn yú

caught in (a bad situation)

诱陷
yòu xiàn

to lure into a trap

凹陷
āo xiàn

to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed

崩陷
bēng xiàn

to fall in

陷落
xiàn luò

to surrender (of a fortress)

坳陷
ào xiàn

(geology) depression

身陷牢笼
shēn xiàn láo lóng

fallen into a trap

倾陷
qīng xiàn

to frame (an innocent person)

陷害
xiàn hài

to entrap

言语缺陷
yán yǔ quē xiàn

speech defect

陷阱
xiàn jǐng

pitfall

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

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

低陷
dī xiàn

to sink

陷入
xiàn rù

to sink into

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

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

沉陷
chén xiàn

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

语言缺陷
yǔ yán quē xiàn

speech defect

深陷
shēn xiàn

to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc)

攻陷
gōng xiàn

to overcome

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)

气陷
qì xiàn

collapse of 氣|气[qì] (TCM)

冲锋陷阵
chōng fēng xiàn zhèn

to charge and break through enemy lines

悲剧缺陷
bēi jù quē xiàn

tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)

身陷
shēn xiàn

to be trapped

身陷囹圄
shēn xiàn líng yǔ

thrown into prison

先天性缺陷
xiān tiān xìng quē xiàn

birth defect

陷落带
xiàn luò dài

area of subsidence

陷于瘫痪
xiàn yú tān huàn

to be paralyzed

陷入牢笼
xiàn rù láo lóng

to fall into a trap

越陷越深
yuè xiàn yuè shēn

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

沦陷
lún xiàn

to fall into enemy hands

塌陷
tā xiàn

to subside

诬陷
wū xiàn

to entrap

瘪陷
biě xiàn

deflated