沉 chén

1. chén verb to submerge; to sink
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '沉'; Guoyu '沉' v 1; Kroll 2015 '沉', p. 46; Unihan '沉')
2. chén verb to be addicted to; infatuated with
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 5; Unihan '沉')
3. chén adjective heavy
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' adj 1)
4. chén verb to lower; to drop
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '沉'; Guoyu '沉' v 2)
5. chén verb to reduce
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 4)
6. chén verb to conceal; to hide
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 6)
7. chén adjective deep
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' adj 2)
8. chén adjective long [time]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' adj 3)
9. chén verb to engulf
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 3)

Contained in

• 好酒沉瓮底(好酒沉甕底) the best wine is at the bottom of the jug; the best is saved for last
• 浮沉 ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge
• 小洞不堵沉大船 A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.
• 石沉大海 to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea; to elicit no response
• 沉没成本(沉沒成本) sunk cost
• 沉冤 a deep grievance
• 沉箱 caisson; sink box
• 沉缓(沉緩) unhurried; deliberate
• 沉眠 to be deep asleep ; to doze
• 沉潜(沉潛) to lurk under water; to immerse oneself in (study etc); to lie low; to keep a low profile; quiet; reserved
• 沉得住气(沉得住氣) to stay calm; to keep one's composure
• 沉痼 chronic illness ; a deeply entrenched problem
• 沉着应战(沉著應戰) to remain calm in the face of adversity
• 沉重 critical; grave; serious ; serene ; thick; heavy
• 血色素沉积症(血色素沉積症) hemochromatosis
• 沉没(沉沒) to sink ; to be stuck in a predicament
• 翻沉 to capsize and sink
• 沉滞(沉滯) a blockage ; to detain; to stop ; to retire ; to have a slump in sales
• 沉邃 deep and profound
• 沉水 to sink in water ; agarwood ; Chen River
• 沉降 to subside; to cave in
• 暮气沉沉(暮氣沉沉) the evening air is heavy; feeling dejected
• 碎屑沉积物(碎屑沉積物) clastic sediment
• 沉默寡言 habitually silent; reticent; uncommunicative
• 积羽沉舟(積羽沉舟) many feathers will sink a boat
• 凿沉(鑿沉) to scuttle (a ship)
• 沉积岩(沉積岩) sedimentary rock
• 沉着(沉著) steady; unmoved ; calm and collected
• 沉陷 subsidence; caving in; stranded; lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
• 鱼沉雁杳(魚沉雁杳) the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance; a letter does not arrive
• 香销玉沉(香銷玉沉) fragrance dispersed, jade lost; for a female to have passed away
• 沉浮 bobbing up and down in the water ; to flourish and then decline ; changes in fortune; vicissitudes ; a multitude
• 深沉 deep ; perfect ; steady ; abstruse; hidden
• 沉厚 sincere; earnest ; profound
• 沉积作用(沉積作用) sedimentation
• 沉痛 grieved
• 下沉 to sink down
• 沉积带(沉積帶) sedimentary belt
• 阴沉沉(陰沉沉) dark (weather, mood)
• 红细胞沉降率(紅細胞沉降率) erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
• 沉重少言 a sincere disposition, rarely speaking
• 沉香木 aloeswood; agarwood
• 沉凝 stagnant; congealed; grave in manner; low (of voice)
• 有沉有浮 to have one's ups and downs
• 沉阴(沉陰) dark weather; a long spell of rainy weather
• 消沉 depressed; bad mood; low spirit
• 黑沉沉 pitch-black
• 击沉(擊沉) to attack and sink (a ship)
• 沉雷 deep growling thunder
• 破釜沉舟 break the cauldrons and sink the boats; to cut off one's means of retreat

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• 卷四百三十四 列傳第一百九十三 儒林四 劉子翬 呂祖謙 蔡元定子:沉 陸九齡兄:九韶 陸九淵 薛季宣 陳傅良 葉適 戴溪 蔡幼學 楊泰之 Volume 434 Biographies 193: Confucian Scholars 4 - Liu Zihui, Lu Zuqian, Cai Yuandingzi:chen, Lu Jiulingxiong:jiushao, Lu Jiuyuan, Xue Jixuan, Chen Fuliang, Ye Shi, Dai Xi, Cai Youxue, Yang Taizhi History of Song 宋史 — count: 11
• 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 9
• 卷五十四 列傳第四十八 諸夷 Volume 54: Various Barbarians Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 7
• 卷五十四 楊震列傳 Volume 54: Biography of Yang Zhen Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 7
• 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 6
• 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 卷七十八 列傳第四十八 孔愉 丁潭 陶回 Volume 78 Biographies 48: Kong Yu; Ding Tan; Zhang Mao; Tao Hui Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 6
• 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 6
• 卷六十下 蔡邕列傳 Volume 60b: Biography of Cai Yong Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 5
• 卷40 陸俟 Volume 40: Lu Si Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 5

Collocations

• 沉钦 (沉欽) 集解引沉欽韓說 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十 銚期王霸祭遵列傳 Volume 20: Biographies of Tiao Qi; Wang Ba; Zhai Zun — count: 42
• 引沉 (引沉) 集解引沉欽韓說 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十 銚期王霸祭遵列傳 Volume 20: Biographies of Tiao Qi; Wang Ba; Zhai Zun — count: 40
• 沉家 (沉家) 沉家本謂 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 — count: 12
• 沉毅 (沉毅) 肜性沉毅內重 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十 銚期王霸祭遵列傳 Volume 20: Biographies of Tiao Qi; Wang Ba; Zhai Zun — count: 4
• 沉氐 (沉氐) 沉氐大豪滇昌 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十五 皇甫張段列傳 Volume 65: Biographies of Huangfu, Zhang, Duan — count: 3
• 性沉 (性沉) 金之性沉 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十一　齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs — count: 3
• 沉说 (沉說) 沉說是 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十 孝明八王列傳 Volume 50: Biographies of Eight Princes of Xiaoming — count: 3
• 为人沉 (為人沉) 為人沉勇有大略 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十九 趙充國辛慶忌傳 Volume 69: Zhao Chongguo and Xin Qingji — count: 3
• 沉沙 (沉沙) 沉沙栖陆之玮寶 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十六 南蠻西南夷列傳 Volume 86: Treatise on the Nanman, Southwestern Barbarians — count: 3
• 沉深 (沉深) 沉深有才略 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十六 鄭范陳賈張列傳 Volume 36: Biographies of Zheng, Fan, Chen, Jia, Zhang — count: 3