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HSK
heavy / hard / serious / critical
HSK 4
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  *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
to contemplate / to ponder / contemplation / meditation
HSK 7-9
(chemistry) to settle; to precipitate / (chemistry) sediment; precipitate / (fig.) to accumulate
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
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
heavy
HSK 7-9
sediment / deposit / sedimentation (geology)
silence is golden (idiom)
to sink
chronic illness; (fig.) deep-rooted problem; longstanding issue
shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship
deeply / heavily
habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative
silence / stillness
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)
to sink into (vice, depravity etc) / to pass into oblivion / downfall; passing
to be fast asleep / (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered
open caisson
Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha)
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
to mutter to oneself irresolutely
to stay calm / to keep one's composure
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
to keep cool; to stay calm
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
chronic illness / fig. deeply entrenched problem
unhurried / deliberate
stagnant / congealed / fig. grave in manner / low (of voice)
deep and profound
sunk cost (economics)
precipitate; sediment
sedimentation (geology)
to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
immersive
to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women / an incorrigible drunkard and lecher
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


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