淹
yān
HSK level: HSK 6
Meaning
to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay
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淹没 yān mò to submerge淹死 yān sǐ to drown淹博 yān bó widely read淹盖 yān gài to submerge淹灌 yān guàn basin irrigation淹留 yān liú to stay for a long period淹灭 yān miè to submerge淹水 yān shuǐ to be flooded范仲淹 Fàn Zhòng yān Fan Zhongyan, Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4]淹头搭脑 yān tóu dā nǎo listless