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HSK
heavy / hard / serious / critical
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沉* | 沉* | *沉
to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy
HSK 4
taciturn / uncommunicative / silent
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沉* | 沉* | *沉
variant of
HSK 4
(chemistry) to settle; to precipitate / (chemistry) sediment; precipitate / (fig.) (of emotions, thoughts, experience etc) to settle and be absorbed over time; to take shape gradually (through reflection or maturation)
HSK 7-9
to be engrossed / to be absorbed with / to lose oneself in / to be addicted to
HSK 7-9
to soak / to permeate / to immerse
HSK 7-9
to sink into despondency / (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
HSK 7-9
steady / calm and collected / not nervous
HSK 7-9
oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled
HSK 7-9
steady / calm / unflustered
HSK 7-9
to contemplate / to ponder / contemplation / meditation
HSK 7-9
heavy
HSK 7-9
variant of 沉澱|沉淀
HSK 7-9
without news from sb (idiom)
to sink down
silence / stillness
sediment / deposit / sedimentation (geology)
deeply / heavily
open caisson
silence is golden (idiom)
to sink
chronic illness; (fig.) deep-rooted problem; longstanding issue
habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative
murky / dazed / befuddled / dizzy
shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship
deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched
to subside / to cave in / subsidence
to sink; to cave in; (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
immersive
to sink into (vice, depravity etc) / to pass into oblivion / downfall; passing
stagnant / congealed / fig. grave in manner / low (of voice)
to be fast asleep / (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered
(idiom) dizzy
Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha)
ups and downs (of life etc) / to drift along / to sink and emerge
dead atmosphere / lifeless / spiritless
lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes
melancholy; gloomy
(of weather) overcast; gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited; downcast
gloomy
to attack and sink (a ship)
lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response
to mutter to oneself irresolutely
erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
to stay calm / to keep one's composure
dark (weather, mood)
lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
to sink / to fall
grief / remorse / deep in sorrow / bitter (anguish) / profound (condolences)
to lurk under water / to immerse oneself in (study etc) / to lie low; to keep a low profile / quiet; reserved; self-possessed
to keep cool; to stay calm
lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat
chronic illness / fig. deeply entrenched problem
unhurried / deliberate
to soak / to steep
deep and profound
sunk cost (economics)
precipitate; sediment
the Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities
pitch-dark
lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom) / fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact
sedimentation (geology)
to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
to scuttle (a ship) / to drown oneself
to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women / an incorrigible drunkard and lecher
lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom) / fig. the best is saved for last
to play the profound thinker
to have one's ups and downs
to lose one's cool / to get impatient / unable to remain calm
deeply immersed / fig. wallowing in / deeply engrossed in
to indulge in / to wallow / absorbed in / deeply engrossed / addicted
to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
sedimentary rock (geology)
sedimentary belt (geology)
sediment
caisson / sink box
a shipwreck / a sinking
to become intoxicated
to hit hard
deep growling thunder
peaceful / quiet / calm / gentle
oceanic sediment (geology)
lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats
clastic sediment
to capsize and sink
hemochromatosis
(of the sun) to set
to scuttle (a ship)


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