陷 xiàn

1. xiàn verb to submerge; to sink; to plunge; to fall into
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 沉入 (Guoyu '陷' v 1; Kroll 2015 '陷' 1a, p. 497; Unihan '陷'; XHZD '陷' 1, p. 816)
2. xiàn verb to make an error
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '陷' 4, p. 497)
3. xiàn verb a trap; a pit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '陷' 1, p. 497; Unihan '陷')
4. xiàn noun an underground cave
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '陷' n 1)
5. xiàn noun a fault; an error; a pitfall
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 缺点 (Guoyu '陷' n 2; Kroll 2015 '陷' 2, p. 497; XHZD '陷' 5, p. 816)
6. xiàn verb to harm
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 害人 (Guoyu '陷' v 2)
7. xiàn verb to attack and occupy; to destroy; to capture
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 攻占 (Guoyu '陷' v 3; Kroll 2015 '陷' 3, p. 497; XHZD '陷' 4, p. 816)
8. xiàn verb to embed [jewels]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '陷' 5, p. 497)
9. xiàn verb to frame [with false charges]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '陷' 3, p. 816)

Contained in

• 陷于瘫痪(陷於癱瘓) to be paralyzed; at a standstill
• 沦陷区(淪陷區) enemy-held territory
• 挤陷(擠陷) to harbor malice towards someone
• 出生缺陷 birth defect
• 低陷 to sink; to settle
• 坳陷 depression; low-lying area
• 倾陷(傾陷) to frame (an innocent person); to collapse
• 陷京师(陷京師) overran the capital
• 陷坑 pitfall; pit as animal trap
• 言语缺陷(言語缺陷) speech defect
• 陷入牢笼(陷入牢籠) to fall into a trap; ensnared
• 凹陷 to be sunken; to be depressed
• 崩陷 to fall in; to cave in
• 诱陷(誘陷) to lure into a trap
• 修昔底德陷阱 Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
• 陷于(陷於) caught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc)
• 身陷囹圄 thrown into prison; behind bars
• 深陷 to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes)
• 语言缺陷(語言缺陷) speech defect
• 越陷越深 to fall deeper and deeper (in debt, in love etc)
• 攀诬陷害(攀誣陷害) unjust accusation; miscarriage of justice
• 冲锋陷阵(衝鋒陷陣) to break through enemy lines
• 陷溺 to become entrapped and sink
• 沦陷(淪陷) to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge
• 人类免疫缺陷病毒(人類免疫缺陷病毒) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• 塌陷 to subside; to sink; to cave in
• 下陷 to subside; subsidence
• 悲剧缺陷(悲劇缺陷) tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
• 陷入 to fall into
• 陷阱 a trap; a snare
• 身陷牢狱(身陷牢獄) to go to prison; to be imprisoned
• 诬陷(誣陷) to frame
• 缺陷 a defect; a flaw
• 先天性缺陷 birth defect
• 瘪陷(癟陷) deflated
• 身陷 to be trapped; to be imprisoned
• 陷害 to frame; to plan to harm someone
• 身陷牢笼(身陷牢籠) fallen into a trap
• 陷落 to surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy); subsidence (of land)
• 陷落带(陷落帶) area of subsidence
• 沉陷 subsidence; caving in; stranded; lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
• 构陷(構陷) to frame; to bring false charges against
• 气陷(氣陷) collapse of qi
• 城陷 loss of the city to rebels
• 攻陷 to overcome; to take (a fortress); to fall (to an attack); to surrender
• 注意力缺陷过动症(注意力缺陷過動症) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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迷魂陷阱

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• 卷十　　　　　　本紀第十　昭宗　哀帝 Volume 10 Annals 10: Emperor Zhao, Emperor Ai New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 148
• 卷九　　　　　　本紀第九　懿宗　僖宗 Volume 9 Annals 9: Yizong, Xizong New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 92
• 卷二百九十三 列傳第一百八十一 忠義五 Volume 293 Biographies 181: Loyal Officials 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 67
• 卷四十五　本紀第四十五: 順帝八 Volume 45 Annals 45: Shundi 8 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 66
• 卷三百〇九 列傳第一百九十七 流賊 李自成 張獻忠 Volume 309 Biographies 197: Traitors - Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong History of Ming 明史 — count: 60
• 卷二百九十四 列傳第一百八十二 忠義六 Volume 294 Biographies 182: Loyal Officials 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 57
• 卷二十四 本紀第二十四 莊烈帝二 Volume 24 Annals 24: Emperor Zhuanglie 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 54
• 卷二十五 本紀第二十五 高宗二 Volume 25 Annals 25: Gaozong 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 54
• 卷106中 地形志二中 Volume 106b Treatise 2: Terrain 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 49
• 卷二百九十二 列傳第一百八十 忠義四 Volume 292 Biographies 180: Loyal Officials 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 37

Collocations

• 陷陈 (陷陳) 誰能陷陳破眾者 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — count: 10
• 陷阵 (陷陣) 壞軍陷陣 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷四 立節 Chapter 4: Personal Integrity — count: 7
• 陷人 (陷人) 則是我為苟陷人長也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十一 耕柱 Book 11 - Geng Zhu — count: 5
• 能陷 (能陷) 誰能陷陳破眾者 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — count: 4
• 登陷 (登陷) 先登陷陣 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樊酈滕灌列傳》 Biographies of Fan, Li, Teng and Guan — count: 4
• 陷刑 (陷刑) 以陷刑辟 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九 元帝紀 Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Yuan — count: 4
• 民陷 (民陷) 則設民陷也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 六反第四十六 Chapter 46: Six Contraries — count: 4
• 欲陷 (欲陷) 而不欲陷人也 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷八 度制第二十七 爵國第二十八 仁義法第二十九 必仁且智第三十　Scroll 8 — count: 4
• 陷罪 (陷罪) 莊以此陷罪 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《汲鄭列傳》 Biographies of Ji and Zheng — count: 3
• 陷主 (陷主) 陷主不義 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十三 四時之副第五十五 人副天數第五十六 同類相動第五十七 五行相生第五十八 五行相勝第五十九 五行順逆第六十 治水五行第六十一　Scroll 13 — count: 3