| 沉沦 | chén lún | to sink into (vice, depravity etc); to pass into oblivion; downfall; passing | |
| 沦陷 | lún xiàn | to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge | |
| 沦落 | lún luò | to degenerate; impoverished; to fall (into poverty); to be reduced (to begging) | |
| 沦丧 | lún sàng | to be lost; to be ruined; to perish; to wither away | |
| 沦亡 | lún wáng | (of a country) to perish; to be annexed; subjugation (to a foreign power) |
| 1 | In that year county after county fell to the enemy. | |
| 2 | Instead of us creating goals as a means to fulfill our desires, we become enslaved by them. | |
| 3 | "Publishing is a cultural activity, which falls under the realm of ideology," Mr. Zhang said. "My job is to be the ideological quality control." | |
| 4 | The day you leave and cross the Kidron Valley, you can be sure you will die; your blood will be on your own head. | |
| 5 | They removed the altars in Jerusalem and cleared away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley. |