深陷
shēn xiàn
Pinyin

Definition

深陷
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shēn xiàn
  1. to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc)
  2. deep set (eyes)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shēn
  1. 1 old variant of 深[shēn]
shēn kè
  1. 1 profound
  2. 2 deep
  3. 3 deep-going
Shēn zhèn
  1. 1 Shenzhen subprovincial city in Guangdong, special economic zone close to Hong Kong
shēn yè
  1. 1 very late at night
shēn qíng
  1. 1 deep emotion
  2. 2 deep feeling
  3. 3 deep love

Idioms (20)

交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
  1. 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
创巨痛深
chuāng jù tòng shēn
  1. 1 untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3 to study diligently
夜深人静
yè shēn rén jìng
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
寓意深远
yù yì shēn yuǎn
  1. 1 the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications