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Meaning of 淪

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(Simplified: 沦)
Pinyin: lún
English Definition: to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to
Chinese Definition:
①水上的波纹:沦漪。
②沉没,降落:沦落。沦陷。沦亡。沉沦。沦丧(sàng)。沦殁。沦肌浃髓(浸透肌肉,深入骨髓。喻感受或中毒深)。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (water) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
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Example Words
淪陷 lún xiàn to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge
淪落 lún luò to degenerate; impoverished; to fall (into poverty); to be reduced (to begging)
淪喪 lún sàng to be lost; to be ruined; to perish; to wither away
淪亡 lún wáng (of a country) to perish; to be annexed; subjugation (to a foreign power)
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Example Sentences
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.