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luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy
陷入 xiàn to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament)
下沉 xià chén to sink down
水槽 shuǐ cáo sink
沉鱼落雁 chén luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
破釜沉舟 chén zhōu lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats
沉沦 chén lún to sink into (vice, depravity etc) / to pass into oblivion / downfall; passing
沦为 lún wéi to sink down to / to be reduced to (sth inferior)
树倒猢狲散 shù dǎo sūn sàn When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause / Rats leave a sinking ship.
一条绳上的蚂蚱 tiáo shéng shàng de zha lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
消沉 xiāo chén to sink into despondency / (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
击沉 chén to attack and sink (a ship)
沉船事故 chén chuán shì a shipwreck / a sinking
落水 luò shuǐ to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs
沉船 chén chuán shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship
洗手池 shǒu chí bathroom sink / wash basin
xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect
水池 shuǐ chí pond / pool / sink / washbasin
石沉大海 shí chén hǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response
浮沉 chén ups and downs (of life etc) / to drift along / to sink and emerge
落脚 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers
水能载舟,亦能覆舟 shuǐ néng zài zhōu , néng zhōu lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged
lún to sink (into ruin, oblivion) / to be reduced to
沉没 chén to sink


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