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Results for “淹”

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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

淹yān

to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay

Full entry
淹死yān sǐ

to drown

淹没yān mò

to submerge / to drown / to flood / to drown out (also fig.)

淹博yān bó

widely read / erudite

淹水yān shuǐ

to be flooded

淹灭yān miè

to submerge / to flood / to bury

淹灌yān guàn

basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)

淹留yān liú

to stay for a long period

淹盖yān gài

to submerge / to flood / to drown out

淹头搭脑yān tóu dā nǎo

listless

范仲淹Fàn Zhòng yān

Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yuè yáng Lóu Jì]

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