Dictionary/淹

淹

淹 yān

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1to flood
2to submerge
3to drown
4to irritate the skin (of liquids)
5to delay

Characters

淹

Examples

wǒ我bù不xiǎng想bǎ把nǐ你yān淹sǐ死。
我不想把你淹死。
I don't mean to swamp you.
我差一点淹死。
I came near to being drowned.
我想看你淹死。
I want to watch you drown.

In the story library

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More words starting with 淹

淹没yānmò淹死yānsǐ

See also: words & characters pronounced yān