HSK 6
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淹没

/ yānmò /
Strokes

Definition

to submerge/to drown/to flood/to drown out (also fig.)

Example

As a Verb

submerge; flood; drown; inundate; whelm

1
de
huà
bèi
zhǎngshēng
掌声
yān
淹没
le
  

His words were lost in the applause.

2
shuǐ
河水
yān
淹没
le
nóngtián
农田
  

The rivers inundated/submerged/drowned the fields.

3
Fēi
飞机
de
hōngmíngshēng
轰鸣声
yān
淹没
le
bashēng
喇叭声
  

The noise from the airplane drowned out the voice from the loudspeaker.

4
Fángzi
房子
de
dǐng
屋顶
dōu
gěi
yān
淹没
le
  

The houses were flooded roof-deep.

5
Bèi
shǐ
历史
hóngliú
洪流
suǒ
yān
淹没

be submerged in the mighty torrent of history