淹, yān
Meaning: to flood, to submerge, to drown
HSK 6 word
Example
大雨把路淹了。
Dàyǔ bǎ lù yān le.
The heavy rain flooded the road.
More HSK 6 words
- 洪水hóngshuǐflood
- 火灾huǒzāifire (disaster)
- 台风táifēngtyphoon
- 干旱gānhàndry, arid, drought
- 淹没yānmòto submerge, to flood, to drown out
- 伤亡shāngwángcasualties, to be injured or killed
- 伤员shāngyuánwounded person, the injured
- 突发tūfāto happen suddenly, sudden, unexpected
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