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- to sink into despondency
- (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
- deep
- profound
- (of a person) reserved
- undemonstrative
- (of a voice, sound etc) deep
- low-pitched
Trad. 沉悶
- oppressive (of weather)
- heavy
- depressed
- not happy
- (of sound) dull
- muffled
- lit. sinking and floating
- to bob up and down on water
- ebb and flow
- fig. rise and fall
- ups and downs of fortune
- vicissitudes
Trad. 沉淪
- to sink into (vice, depravity etc)
- to pass into oblivion
- downfall; passing
- (fig.) to indulge in; to wallow in (addiction, vice etc)
- (literary) to sink into water
Trad. 沉潛
- to lurk under water
- to immerse oneself in (study etc)
- to lie low; to keep a low profile
- quiet; reserved; self-possessed
- to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
Trad. 沉澱
- (chemistry) to settle; to precipitate
- (chemistry) sediment; precipitate
- (fig.) (of emotions, thoughts, experience etc) to settle and be absorbed over time; to take shape gradually (through reflection or maturation)
Trad. 沉痾
- chronic illness; (fig.) deep-rooted problem; longstanding issue
- to sink; to cave in; (of a building etc) to subside
- (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
- (of weather) overcast; gloomy
- (of a voice) low and deep
- low-spirited; downcast
Trad. 死氣沉沉
- dead atmosphere
- lifeless
- spiritless
Trad. 沈魚落雁
- variant of 沉魚落雁|沉鱼落雁[chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4]
Trad. 沉不住氣
- to lose one's cool
- to get impatient
- unable to remain calm
Trad. 沉得住氣
- to stay calm
- to keep one's composure
- to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women
- an incorrigible drunkard and lecher
Trad. 沉著應戰
- to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
Trad. 沉魚落雁
- lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
- habitually silent (idiom)
- reticent
- uncommunicative
- lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)
- fig. to elicit no response
Trad. 下沉市場
- the Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities
- lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom)
- fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat
- lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
- to burn one's boats
Trad. 魚沉雁杳
- lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom)
- fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact
Trad. 海相沉積物
- oceanic sediment (geology)
Trad. 好酒沉甕底
- lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
- fig. the best is saved for last
Trad. 血色素沉積症
- hemochromatosis
Trad. 紅細胞沉降率
- erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)