淹没

淹没
yān

to drown out (also fig.)

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MEANING4 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to drown out (also fig.)

    用水冲击使某物沉入水中或被水覆盖yòng shuǐ chōngjī shǐ mǒuwù chénrù shuǐ zhōng huò bèi shuǐ fùgài

    • The flood submerged the village.

  2. verb

    to flood

    被水覆盖;水流冲过bèi shuǐ fùgài; shuǐliú chōngguò

    • The flood inundated the village.

  3. verb

    to submerge

    被水完全覆盖;沉入水中bèi shuǐ wánquán fùgài; chénrù shuǐ zhōng

  4. verb

    to drown

    被水完全覆盖;沉入水中bèi shuǐ wánquán fùgài; chénrù shuǐ zhōng

COLLOCATIONS5 collocations
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Water covering and flooding everything below is the meaning of the character 淹.

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