滲透 shèn tòu

DEFINITIONS

  1. (lit. and fig.) to permeate
  2. to seep into
  3. (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population)
  4. (of hostile forces) to infiltrate
  5. (chemistry) osmosis

CHARACTERS

滲 shèn soak through, infiltrate
透 tòu penetrate, pass through