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Chinese
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shore; land; continent shore; land; continent; six (fraud-proof) |
submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop |
| trad. (陸沉)
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陸
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沉
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| simp. (陆沉)
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陆
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沉
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Pronunciation
Verb
陸沉
- (of land) to sink into the sea
日本會唔會有一日陸沉？ [Cantonese, trad.]
日本会唔会有一日陆沉？ [Cantonese, simp.]- jat6 bun2 wui5 m4 wui5 jau5 jat1 jat6 luk6 cam4?
- Will Japan sink below sea level one day?
而這時，身後的荒島已經消失，像是那裡發生了陸沉，只剩下一片澄明的海…… [MSC, trad.]
而这时，身后的荒岛已经消失，像是那里发生了陆沉，只剩下一片澄明的海…… [MSC, simp.]- From: 张天民 (1984) “荒岛 [huāngdǎo]”, in 人民文学, number 2, pages 5-40
- ér zhèshí, shēnhòu de huāngdǎo yǐjīng xiāoshī, xiàngshì nàlǐ fāshēng le lùchén, zhǐ shèngxià yīpiàn chéngmíng de hǎi......
- Right now, the islands behind me have already disappeared, as if they had sunk into the sea, leaving a clear and open sea behind…
- (literary, figurative, of a country's territory) to fall into enemy hands
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