淹
yān
Pinyin

Definition

淹
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yān
  1. to flood
  2. to submerge
  3. to drown
  4. to irritate the skin (of liquids)
  5. to delay

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

淹没
yān mò
  1. 1 to submerge
  2. 2 to drown
  3. 3 to flood
  4. 4 to drown out (also fig.)
淹
yān
  1. 1 to flood
  2. 2 to submerge
  3. 3 to drown
  4. 4 to irritate the skin (of liquids)
  5. 5 to delay
淹死
yān sǐ
  1. 1 to drown
淹水
yān shuǐ
  1. 1 to be flooded
淹留
yān liú
  1. 1 to stay for a long period

Sample Sentences

经常被水淹没区域架高的走道也被淹没，不得不拆除，“水上巴士”暂停服务。
jīngcháng bèi shuǐ yānmò qūyù jiàgāo de zǒudào yě bèi yānmò ，bùdé bù chāichú ，“shuǐshàngbāshì ”zàntíng fúwù 。
The elevated walkways which were often inundated had to be dismantled. The “water buses” were also temporarily suspended.
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意大利威尼斯遭暴雨城市七成以上被淹
Yìdàlì Wēinísī zāo bàoyǔ chéngshì qīchéng yǐshàng bèi yān
After heavy rains, more than 70% of Venice, Italy was flooded.
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二来什么呀？我就是为女同胞鸣不平，出轨就是没有责任没有担当的表现，就应该被唾沫星子淹死！
èrlái shénme ya ？wǒ jiùshì wèi nǚ tóngbāo míng bùpíng ，chūguǐ jiùshì méiyǒu zérèn méiyǒu dāndāng de biǎoxiàn ，jiù yīnggāi bèi tuòmòxīngzi yānsǐ ！
Secondly what? I'm just calling out injustice for my fellow womankind. Cheating is a really irresponsible behavior, which shows no sense of duty. They should be drowned when their mouths water with lust!
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当地时间八月十七日印度加尔各答，当地迎来降雨天气，街道被积水淹没。
dāngdì shíjiān Bāyuè shíqī rì Yìndù Jiāěrgèdá ，dāngdì yínglái jiàngyǔ tiānqì ，jiēdào bèi jīshuǐ yānmò 。
On August 17, local time in Calcutta, India, rainy weather caused the streets to be flooded with water.
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第二：飓风佛罗伦斯来袭，不但造成美国东岸五十三人死亡，还引起严重淹水与停电。
dìèr ：jùfēng Fóluólúnsī láixí ，bùdàn zàochéng Měiguó dōngàn wǔshísān rén sǐwáng ，hái yǐnqǐ yánzhòng yānshuǐ yǔ tíngdiàn 。
2. Hurricane Florence strikes, resulting in 53 deaths in the east coast, serious flooding and blackout.
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我们已是彼此生命中的过客，被淹没在各自时针和分针的颤动中，如同两条曾经相交的轨迹被打散，成了平行线。
wǒmen yǐ shì bǐcǐ shēngmìng zhōng de guòkè ，bèi yānmò zài gèzì shízhēn hé fēnzhēn de chàndòng zhōng ，rútóng liǎng tiáo céngjīng xiāngjiāo de guǐjī bèi dǎsàn ，chéng le píngxíngxiàn 。
We're already just passing travelers in each other's lives, we've been lost to the ticks of the minute and second hand, like two intersecting lines that have been dispersed into parallel lines.
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你读过李白的《将进酒》吗？里面写到：“但愿长醉不复醒”。传说最后李白是失足跌到河里淹死的。
nǐ dú guo Lǐ Bái de 《qiāngjìnjiǔ 》ma ？lǐmiàn xiědào ：“dànyuàn chángzuì bùfù xǐng ”。chuánshuō zuìhòu Lǐ Bái shì shīzú diē dào hé lǐ yānsǐ de 。
Have you read Li Bai's "Invitation to Wine“? In it he wrote: "I only want to get drunk and never wake”. It's said that in the end Li Bai tripped and fell into the river and drowned.
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啊哟，不行，不行，我怕淹死。
āyō ，bùxíng ，bùxíng ，wǒ pà yānsǐ 。
Oh no. It's no good. It's no good. I'm afraid I'm going to drown.
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尼罗河每年都会泛滥。洪水到来时，会淹没河两岸的农田。洪水退去后，又会留下一层厚厚的河泥，形成肥沃的土壤。
Níluóhé měinián dōu huì fànlàn 。hóngshuǐ dàolái shí ，huì yānmò hé liǎng\'àn de nóngtián 。hóngshuǐ tuìqù hòu ，yòu huì liúxià yī céng hòuhòu de héní ，xíngchéng féiwò de tǔrǎng 。
The Nile floods every year. When flood waters arrive, they cover the fields on both banks of the river. When the flood waters recede, they leave a layer of thick river mud, resulting in fertile soil.
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这时候，法海又来了，他把许仙骗到了金山寺。白素贞要救丈夫，水里的鱼虾蟹都来帮助她，水淹金山寺，逼法海放人。没想到却让老百姓遭了水灾。
zhèshíhòu ，Fǎhǎi yòu lái le ，tā bǎ Xǔ Xiān piàn dào le Jīnshānsì 。Bái Sùzhēn yào jiù zhàngfu ，shuǐ lǐ de yú xiā xiè dōu lái bāngzhù tā ，shuǐ yān Jīnshānsì ，bī Fǎhǎi fàngrén 。méixiǎngdào què ràng lǎobǎixìng zāo le shuǐzāi 。
At this time, Fa Hai returned again, and tricked Xu Xian into coming to Jinshan Temple. Bai Suzhen wanted to save her husband, and all the fish, shrimp and crabs of the water came to help her. Water inundated Jinshan Temple and compelled Fa Hai to give him up. However, unexpectedly, this caused a disastrous flood for the common people.
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