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(chēn) see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1]

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(chén) to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy

沉不住气 (w)

(chénbùzhùqì) to lose one's cool; to get impatient; unable to remain calm

沉住气 (w)

(chénzhùqì) to keep cool; to stay calm

沉凝 (w)

(chénníng) stagnant; congealed; fig. grave in manner; low (of voice)

沉吟 (w)

(chényín) to mutter to oneself irresolutely

沉寂 (w)

(chénjì) silence; stillness

沉思 (w)

(chénsī) to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation

沉闷 (w)

(chénmèn) oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy

沉沉 (w)

(chénchén) deeply; heavily

沉没 (w)

(chénmò) to sink

沉没成本 (w)

(chénmòchéngběn) sunk cost (economics)

沉浮 (w)

(chénfú) lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes

沉浸 (w)

(chénjìn) to soak; to permeate; to immerse

沉沦 (w)

(chénlún) to sink into (bad connotation)

沉湎 (w)

(chénmiǎn) deeply immersed; fig. wallowing in; deeply engrossed in

沉湎酒色 (w)

(chénmiǎnjiǔsè) to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); over-indulgence in wine and women; an incorrigible drunkard and lecher

沉溺 (w)

(chénnì) to indulge in; to wallow; absorbed in; deeply engrossed; addicted

沉潭 (w)

(chéntán) drowning sb tied to a rock (as a form of torture)

沉淀 (w)

(chéndiàn) to settle; to precipitate (solid sediment out of a solution)

沉淀物 (w)

(chéndiànwù) precipitate; solid sediment

沉甸甸 (w)

(chéndiàndiàn) heavy

沉痛 (w)

(chéntòng) grief; remorse; deep in sorrow; bitter (anguish); profound (condolences)

沉痼 (w)

(chéngù) chronic illness; fig. deeply entrenched problem

沉疴 (w)

(chénkē) grave disease

沉睡 (w)

(chénshuì) to be fast asleep

沉积 (w)

(chénjī) sediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology)

沉积作用 (w)

(chénjīzuòyòng) sedimentation (geology)

沉积岩 (w)

(chénjīyán) sedimentary rock (geology)

沉积带 (w)

(chénjīdài) sedimentary belt (geology)

沉积物 (w)

(chénjīwù) sediment

沉稳 (w)

(chénwěn) steady; calm; unflustered

沉箱 (w)

(chénxiāng) caisson; sink box

沉缓 (w)

(chénhuǎn) unhurried; deliberate

沉船 (w)

(chénchuán) shipwreck; sunken boat; sinking ship

沉船事故 (w)

(chénchuánshìgù) a shipwreck; a sinking

沉落 (w)

(chénluò) sink, fall

沉着 (w)

(chénzhuó) steady; calm and collected; not nervous

沉着应战 (w)

(chénzhuóyìngzhàn) to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)

沉迷 (w)

(chénmí) to be engrossed; to be absorbed with; to lose oneself in; to be addicted to

沉邃 (w)

(chénsuì) deep and profound

沉醉 (w)

(chénzuì) to become intoxicated

沉重 (w)

(chénzhòng) heavy; hard; serious; critical

沉重打击 (w)

(chénzhòngdǎjī) to hit hard

沉降 (w)

(chénjiàng) to subside; to cave in; subsidence

沉陷 (w)

(chénxiàn) subsidence; caving in; fig. stranded; lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)

沉雷 (w)

(chénléi) deep growling thunder

沉静 (w)

(chénjìng) peaceful; quiet; calm; gentle

沉香 (w)

(chénxiāng) Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree (Aquilaria agallocha); lignum aloes

沉鱼落雁 (w)

(chényúluòyàn) lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts

沉默 (w)

(chénmò) taciturn; uncommunicative; silent

沉默寡言 (w)

(chénmòguǎyán) habitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative

沉默是金 (w)

(chénmòshìjīn) Silence is golden. (idiom)