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淪 (leon4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

淪 (leon4, lún) — to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 淪亡 (leon4 mong4) — (of a country) to perish; to be annexed; subjugation (to a foreign power)
• 淪喪 (leon4 song3) — to be lost; to be ruined; to perish; to wither away
• 淪沒 (leon4 mut6) — to sink; to drown
• 淪浹 (leon4 zip3) — to be deeply affected; moved to the core
• 淪滅 (leon4 mit6) — to perish; extinction
• 淪為 (leon4 wai4) — to sink down to; to be reduced to (sth inferior)

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