Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 陷
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陷 |
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Meaning |
to trap, to capture (in battle), defect, submerge |
Pronunciation |
xiàn |
Explanation |
Left: hill 阝, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pitfall 臼) |
Mnemonic
| As if from a hill a person falls into a pitfall and is trapped and captured. |
Radicals
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阝
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hill | |
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臽
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pitfall | (A person falls ⺈ into a pitfall that is formed by the radical for mortar 臼.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 陷入 |
xiàn rù |
to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament) | | 缺陷 |
quē xiàn |
defect; flaw; physical defect | | 塌陷 |
tā xiàn |
to subside; to sink; to cave in | | 沦陷 |
lún xiàn |
to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge | | 陷于瘫痪 |
xiàn yú tān huàn |
to be paralyzed; at a standstill | | 凹陷 |
āo xiàn |
to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed | | 陷阱 |
xiàn jǐng |
lit. a pit for trapping animals; a trap; a snare; a booby-trap | | 拗陷 |
ào xiàn |
geological depression |
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