lún lǔn guān

to be reduced to; to sink (into ruin, oblivion)

Character data

Radical ⽔ (85.8)
Strokes 11
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

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

Words containing 淪

Word Meaning
to sink into (vice, depravity etc); downfall
(of a country) to perish; subjugation (to a foreign power)
to be lost; to be ruined; to perish
to sink; to drown
to die; to perish
to be deeply affected; moved to the core
to perish; extinction
to be reduced to (sth inferior); to sink down to
moved to the core
to degenerate; to fall (into poverty); impoverished
to be occupied; to fall into enemy hands; to degenerate
enemy-held territory
moral bankruptcy; moral degeneracy
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