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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	淹没	淹沒	yān mò	yan1 mo4	to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
2	淹	淹	yān	yan1	to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
3	博通淹贯	博通淹貫	bó tōng yān guàn	bo2 tong1 yan1 guan4	to have full and ready knowledge of (idiom)
4	范仲淹	范仲淹	fàn zhòng yān	Fan4 Zhong4 yan1	Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼记
5	受淹	受淹	shòu yān	shou4 yan1	and was subdued
6	淹博	淹博	yān bó	yan1 bo2	widely read; erudite
7	淹博学问	淹博學問	yān bó xué wen	yan1 bo2 xue2 wen5	deep and wide in learning (idiom)
8	淹盖	淹蓋	yān gài	yan1 gai4	to submerge; to flood; to drown out; ; to submerge; to flood; to drown out
9	淹灌	淹灌	yān guàn	yan1 guan4	basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)
10	淹留	淹留	yān liú	yan1 liu2	to stay for a long period
11	淹灭	淹滅	yān miè	yan1 mie4	to submerge; to flood; to bury
12	淹识时事	淹識時事	yān shí shí shì	yan1 shi2 shi2 shi4	to be well-informed of current events (idiom)
13	淹水	淹水	yān shuǐ	yan1 shui3	to be flooded
14	淹死	淹死	yān sǐ	yan1 si3	to drown
15	淹通古今	淹通古今	yān tōng gǔ jīn	yan1 tong1 gu3 jin1	to be thoroughly acquainted with the past and the present (idiom)