沦 (淪)
lún
Pinyin

Definition

沦 (淪)
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lún
  1. to sink (into ruin, oblivion)
  2. to be reduced to

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

沉沦
chén lún
  1. 1 to sink into (vice, depravity etc)
  2. 2 to pass into oblivion
  3. 3 downfall
  4. 4 passing
沦为
lún wéi
  1. 1 to sink down to
  2. 2 to be reduced to (sth inferior)
沦落
lún luò
  1. 1 to degenerate
  2. 2 impoverished
  3. 3 to fall (into poverty)
  4. 4 to be reduced (to begging)
沦陷
lún xiàn
  1. 1 to fall into enemy hands
  2. 2 to be occupied
  3. 3 to degenerate
  4. 4 to submerge
沦亡
lún wáng
  1. 1 (of a country) to perish
  2. 2 to be annexed
  3. 3 subjugation (to a foreign power)

Idioms (1)

沦肌浃髓
lún jī jiā suǐ
  1. 1 lit. penetrate to the marrow (idiom); deeply affected
  2. 2 moved to the core

Sample Sentences

意大利水城威尼斯受狂风暴雨影响，水位二十九日涨至近十年来最高位，城市四分之三沦为泽国。
Yìdàlì Shuǐchéng Wēinísī shòu kuángfēngbàoyǔ yǐngxiǎng ，shuǐwèi èrshíjiǔrì zhǎng zhì jìn shí nián lái zuì gāo wèi ，chéngshì sìfēnzhīsan lúnwéi zéguó 。
On the 29th, heavy winds and downpours caused the water level around Venice to rise to its highest level in almost a decade. More than three quarters of the city was inundated.
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哼，社会道德沦丧，一些小姑娘尽勾搭成功有为的中年大叔，中年大叔也忒没有原则了，忘了是谁和他一起同甘共苦了，简直鬼迷心窍。
hèng ，shèhuì dàodélúnsàng ，yīxiē xiǎogūniang jìn gōuda chénggōng yǒuwèi de zhōngnián dàshū ，zhōngnián dàshū yě tè méiyǒu yuánzé le ，wàng le shì shéi hé tā yīqǐ tónggāngòngkǔ le ，jiǎnzhí guǐmíxīnqiào 。
Hmph, society is morally bankrupt. Some young girls try hard to seduce successful and promising middle aged men, and the middle aged men really have no principles, forgetting who has stuck with them through thick and thin, and become simply possessed.
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再说，既然众人都醉了，您为什么不干脆就一起喝酒、一起醉？为什么要想那么多，自以为很高尚呢？害自己沦落到这个地步。
zài shuō ，jìrán zhòngrén dōu zuì le ，nín wèishénme bù gāncuì jiù yīqǐ hējiǔ 、yīqǐ zuì ？wèishénme yào xiǎng nàme duō ，zìyǐwéi hěn gāoshàng ne ？hài zìjǐ lúnluò dào zhè ge dìbù 。
Furthermore, since everyone is drunk, why don't you just drink and get drunk with everyone? Why do you have to over think everything and think of yourself as noble and above others? That's what caused you to end up like this.
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