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Meaning of 堙

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堙 (Trad.: 陻)
Pinyin: yīn
English Definition: variant of 堙 ; to block; bury; mound; to dam; close
Chinese Definition:
①堵塞:堙窒。堙郁(闷塞,气郁结不畅)。
②堆成的土山:距堙(古代攻城时,积土为山,然后登堙观察城里敌情)。
③古同“湮”,埋没。
Total strokes: 12; Radical: 土
Pictophonetic:垔 indicates the sound; 土 (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
    • 垔 [ yīn ] to restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; a mound
Similar Characters: 湮
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Example Sentences
1
嗯
,
是的
,
我已把它们收在柜子堙
。
Well, yes, I keep them in the closet.
2
天边那最后一道霞光渐渐堙灭了踪迹
。
You can't have them that a final Yin trace out glow gradually.
3
馆庭院的地面由南京城中心已经堙没的古老胡同旧砖石铺成
。
The courtyard is paved in recycled Old Hutong bricks from the destroyed courtyards in the center of Nanjing.
4
他说
,
“
有一天奥修将离开身体
,
他不会永远都在身体堙
C
所以我们必须接受它
。
He said, "One day Osho is going to leave the body. He cannot be eternally in the body, so we have to accept it;"
5
论文认为
,
“
鲧堙洪水
”
与
“
共工振水
”
实际上是同一史实分化出的不同传说
。
This paper claims that "Guns blocking up the flood" and "Gonggong sre - energizing waters" are in fact different legends developed from the same historical fact.