沦 - lún - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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沦 (淪)

lún

Definition

to sink (into ruin, oblivion)
to be reduced to

Character Decomposition

Related words (12)

沦丧

lún sàng

to be lost; to be ruined; to perish; to wither away

沦为

lún wéi

to sink down to; to be reduced to

沦亡

lún wáng

(of a country) to perish; to be annexed; subjugation (to a foreign power)

to sink; to drown

to be deeply affected; moved to the core

沦灭

lún miè

to perish; extinction

沦落

lún luò

to degenerate; impoverished; to fall (into poverty); to be reduced (to begging)

沦陷

lún xiàn

to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge

enemy-held territory

to die; to perish

to sink into (vice, depravity etc); to pass into oblivion; downfall; passing

道德沦丧

dào dé lún sàng

moral bankruptcy; moral degeneracy

Idioms (1)

沦肌浃髓

lún jī jiā suǐ

(lit.) penetrate to the marrow (idiom); deeply affected; moved to the core

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