水 池 shuǐ chí pond / pool / sink / washbasin 沉 没 chén mò to sink 落 水 luò shuǐ to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs 塌 陷 tā xiàn to subside / to sink / to cave in 水 槽 shuǐ cáo sink 沉 落 chén luò to sink / to fall 沉 陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) 沉 to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy 陷 pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect 堕 to fall / to sink / (fig.) to degenerate 沦 to sink (into ruin, oblivion) / to be reduced to 低 陷 dī xiàn to sink / to settle 洗 涤 槽 xǐ dí cáo washing tank / sink 洗 脸 台 xǐ liǎn tái commode / dressing table / sink 沦 没 lún mò to sink / to drown 陷 入 xiàn rù to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament) 沦 为 lún wéi to sink down to / to be reduced to (sth inferior) 沉 沦 chén lún to sink into (vice, depravity etc) / to pass into oblivion / downfall / passing 落 脚 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers 下 沉 xià chén to sink down 跪 倒 guì dǎo to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel 消 沉 xiāo chén to sink into despondency / (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish / to plummet 散 热 片 sàn rè piàn heat sink 浮 沉 fú chén ups and downs (of life etc) / to drift along / to sink and emerge 击 沉 jī chén to attack and sink (a ship) 破 釜 沉 舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats 石 沉 大 海 shí chén dà hǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response 沉 鱼 落 雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts 洗 手 盆 xǐ shǒu pén bathroom sink / wash basin 洗 手 池 xǐ shǒu chí bathroom sink / wash basin 落 to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement 湮 (literary) to sink into oblivion / (literary) to silt up / Taiwan pr. [yin1] 眍 to sink in (of eyes) 吸 碳 存 xī tàn cún carbon sink 小 洞 不 堵 沉 大 船 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship. 沉 潭 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives) 沉 箱 chén xiāng caisson / sink box 洗 碗 池 xǐ wǎn chí kitchen sink 流 理 台 liú lǐ tái kitchen counter (generally including sink, food preparation area and gas range) (Tw) 碳 汇 tàn huì carbon credits / carbon sink 翻 沉 fān chén to capsize and sink 臭 氧 吸 收 汇 ozone sink 生 态 系 统 容 污 能 力 shēng tài xì tǒng róng wū néng lì sink capacity of an ecosystem 热 汇 rè huì heat sink 消 散 因 素 sink factors 氧 吸 收 汇 yǎng xī shōu huì oxygen sink 以 生 物 量 为 基 础 的 碳 汇 biomass-based carbon sink 氮 吸 收 汇 dàn xī shōu huì nitrogen sink / nitrogen oxide sink / NOx sink 能 阱 néng jǐng energy sink 能 源 吸 收 汇 néng yuán xī shōu huì energy sink 氯 的 吸 收 汇 chlorine sink 亚 甲 基 井 yà jiǎ jī jǐng methane sink 温 室 气 体 吸 收 汇 wēn shì qì tǐ xī shōu huì sink of greenhouse gases 落 水 洞 sink hole 眍 䁖 kōu lou to sink in (of eyes) 一 条 绳 上 的 蚂 蚱 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together 泯 没 mǐn mò to sink into oblivion / to be lost to memory / to vanish 水 能 载 舟 ， 亦 能 覆 舟 shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged 湮 灭 yān miè to sink into oblivion / to bury in obscurity
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