淹没 | yān mò | to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.) | |
范仲淹 | fàn zhòng yān | Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼记 | |
淹死 | yān sǐ | to drown | |
淹博学问 | yān bó xué wen | deep and wide in learning (idiom) | |
淹蓋 | yān gài | to submerge; to flood; to drown out |
1 | I was out with my friend to go see another area that was flooded when we came across this and both of us screamed with delight. | |
2 | Basements are, in some ways, meant to flood. | |
3 | Our old home wasn't even being flooded for the project and we were asked to leave. | |
4 | Some of the streets are almost flooded with rain. | |
5 | Several attempts were then made to execute her by drowning and fire, all of which failed, leading many who witnessed her tortures to be converted. |