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陷

xiàn · xian

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. pitfall
  2. trap
  3. to get stuck
  4. to sink
  5. to cave in
  6. to frame (false charge)
  7. to capture (a city in battle)
  8. to fall (to the enemy)
  9. defect
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Shoe stuck in the mud

  1. Liangliang

    小心(xiǎoxīn)，那里(nàli)有(yǒu)泥(ní)，脚(jiǎo)会(huì)陷(xiàn)进去(jìnqù)的(de)。

    Careful, there is mud there. Your foot will sink in.

  2. Dengdeng

    哎呀(āiyā)，我(wǒ)的(de)鞋(xié)已经(yǐjīng)陷(xiàn)在(zài)泥(ní)里(lǐ)了(le)！

    Oh no, my shoe is already stuck in the mud!

  3. Liangliang

    别(bié)动(dòng)，我(wǒ)拉(lā)你(nǐ)，你(nǐ)把(bǎ)脚(jiǎo)抬(tái)起来(qǐlai)。

    Don't move. I will pull you. Lift your foot.

  4. Dengdeng

    脚(jiǎo)出来(chūlái)了(le)，可是(kěshì)鞋(xié)还(hái)陷(xiàn)在(zài)里面(lǐmiàn)。

    My foot is out, but the shoe is still stuck in there.

  5. Liangliang

    看来(kànlai)你(nǐ)今天(jīntiān)只能(zhǐnéng)穿(chuān)一只(yīzhī)鞋(xié)回家(huíjiā)了(le)。

    It seems you can only wear one shoe home today.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)陷(xiàn)在(zài)泥(ní)里(lǐ)，动(dòng)也(yě)动(dòng)不(bu)了(liǎo)。

He got stuck in the mud and couldn't move at all.

02

大(dà)雨(yǔ)过(guò)后(hòu)，这(zhè)段(duàn)路(lù)面(miàn)陷(xiàn)下(xià)去(qù)了(le)一(yí)大(dà)块(kuài)。

After the heavy rain, a large section of this road surface caved in.

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