xiàn

submerge, sink, plunge; trap

HSK 6 #1262

DEFINITIONS

  • submerge, sink, plunge
  • trap
  • pitfall
  • trap
  • to get stuck
  • to sink
  • to cave in
  • to frame (false charge)
  • to capture (a city in battle)
  • to fall (to the enemy)
  • defect

STROKES

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WORDS

入 xiàn rù to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
害 xiàn hài to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against
阱 xiàn jǐng pitfall; snare; trap
quē xiàn defect; flaw; physical defect
wū xiàn to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb
shēn xiàn to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes)
落 xiàn luò to surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy); subsidence (of land)
于 xiàn yú caught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc)
lún xiàn to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge
tā xiàn to subside; to sink; to cave in
āo xiàn to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed
gōng xiàn to overcome; to take (a fortress); to fall (to an attack); to surrender
冲锋阵 chōng fēng xiàn zhèn to charge and break through enemy lines
囹圄 shēn xiàn líng yǔ thrown into prison; behind bars
xià xiàn to subside; subsidence
chén xiàn subsidence; caving in; fig. stranded; lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
人类免疫缺病毒 rén lèi miǎn yì quē xiàn bìng dú human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
人類免疫缺病毒 rén lèi miǎn yì quē xiàn bìng dú human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
dī xiàn to sink; to settle
修昔底德阱 xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
qīng xiàn to frame (an innocent person); to collapse
qīng xiàn to frame (an innocent person); to collapse
先天性缺 xiān tiān xìng quē xiàn birth defect
出生缺 chū shēng quē xiàn birth defect
ào xiàn (geology) depression; low-lying area
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