陷入 xiàn rù to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament) syn 一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom) / carbon copy / also pr. [yi1 mo2 yi1 yang4] syn 水池 shuǐ chí pond / pool / sink / washbasin 消沉 xiāo chén to sink into despondency / (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish / to plummet syn 水槽 shuǐ cáo sink 二氧化碳 èr yǎng huà tàn carbon dioxide CO2 syn 沉没 沉沒 chén mò to sink syn 下沉 xià chén to sink down syn 一氧化碳 yī yǎng huà tàn carbon monoxide CO 沉沦 沉淪 chén lún to sink into (vice, depravity etc) / to pass into oblivion / downfall / passing syn 落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers syn 落水 luò shuǐ to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs syn 沦为 淪為 lún wéi to sink down to / to be reduced to (sth inferior) syn 翻版 fān bǎn to reprint / reproduction / pirate copy / (fig.) imitation / carbon copy / clone 击沉 擊沉 jī chén to attack and sink (a ship) syn 塌陷 tā xiàn to subside / to sink / to cave in syn 跪倒 guì dǎo to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel syn 活性炭 huó xìng tàn activated carbon 破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats syn 浮沉 fú chén ups and downs (of life etc) / to drift along / to sink and emerge syn 复写纸 複寫紙 fù xiě zhǐ carbon paper 复写 複寫 fù xiě to duplicate / to carbon copy 沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts syn 抄送 chāo sòng to make a copy (and send it to someone) / Cc (for email) / Carbon Copy (for email) syn 石沉大海 shí chén dà hǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response syn 沉陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) syn 散热片 散熱片 sàn rè piàn heat sink 碳纤维 碳纖維 tàn xiān wéi carbon fiber 碳钢 tàn gāng carbon steel 活性碳 huó xìng tàn activated carbon 炭黑 tàn hēi black carbon 沉落 chén luò to sink / to fall 炭纤维 carbon fibre 洗手盆 xǐ shǒu pén bathroom sink / wash basin 碳黑 tàn hēi soot / carbon black 碳原子 tàn yuán zǐ carbon atom 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 四氯化碳 sì lǜ huà tàn carbon tetrachloride 落 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement syn 沉 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy syn 陷 xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect syn 碳 tàn carbon (chemistry) 堕 墮 duò to fall / to sink / (fig.) to degenerate syn 沦 淪 lún to sink (into ruin, oblivion) / to be reduced to syn 洗手池 xǐ shǒu chí bathroom sink / wash basin 二硫化碳 èr liú huà tàn carbon disulfide 湮 yān (literary) to sink into oblivion / (literary) to silt up / Taiwan pr. [yin1] 眍 瞘 kōu to sink in (of eyes) syn 烧炭 燒炭 shāo tàn to manufacture charcoal / to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning) 双碳 雙碳 shuāng tàn "double carbon", i.e. peak carbon 碳達峰|碳达峰[tan4 da2 feng1] and carbon neutrality 碳中和[tan4 zhong1 he2] / China's double carbon policy, announced in 2020, which aims to reach peak carbon use by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 氮吸收汇 氮吸收匯 dàn xī shōu huì nitrogen sink / nitrogen oxide sink / NOx sink 以生物量为基础的碳汇 以生物量為基礎的碳匯 biomass-based carbon sink 二氧化碳隔离 二氧化碳隔離 èr yǎng huà tàn gé lí carbon sequestration / carbon dioxide sequestration 碳中和 carbon neutral / carbon offsetting 碳固存 tàn gù cún carbon sequestration / carbon capture and storage 千年发展目标碳机制 千年發展目標碳機制 Millennium Development Goal Carbon Facility / MDG Carbon Facility 碳抵消 tàn dǐ xiāo carbon neutral / carbon offsetting 碳融资 碳融資 tàn róng zī carbon finance / carbon financing 碳中和 tàn zhōng hé carbon neutrality / carbon-neutral 碳排放 tàn pái fàng carbon emissions / carbon dioxide emissions 低陷 dī xiàn to sink / to settle 小洞不堵沉大船 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship. 沉潭 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives) 沉箱 chén xiāng caisson / sink box 洗涤槽 洗滌槽 xǐ dí cáo washing tank / sink 洗碗池 xǐ wǎn chí kitchen sink 洗脸台 洗臉臺 xǐ liǎn tái commode / dressing table / sink 流理台 liú lǐ tái kitchen counter (generally including sink, food preparation area and gas range) (Tw) 沦没 淪沒 lún mò to sink / to drown 翻沉 fān chén to capsize and sink 臭氧吸收汇 ozone sink 生态系统容污能力 shēng tài xì tǒng róng wū néng lì sink capacity of an ecosystem 热汇 熱匯 rè huì heat sink 消散因素 sink factors 氧吸收汇 氧吸收匯 yǎng xī shōu huì oxygen sink 能阱 néng jǐng energy sink 能源吸收汇 能源吸收匯 néng yuán xī shōu huì energy sink 氯的吸收汇 氯的吸收匯 chlorine sink 亚甲基井 亞甲基井 yà jiǎ jī jǐng methane sink 温室气体吸收汇 溫室气体吸收匯 wēn shì qì tǐ xī shōu huì sink of greenhouse gases 落水洞 sink hole 眍䁖 瞘瞜 kōu lou to sink in (of eyes) 一条绳上的蚂蚱 一條繩上的螞蚱 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together 泯没 泯沒 mǐn mò to sink into oblivion / to be lost to memory / to vanish syn 水能载舟，亦能覆舟 水能載舟，亦能覆舟 shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged 湮灭 湮滅 yān miè to sink into oblivion / to bury in obscurity syn 碳碚 tàn péi roasted / carbon roasted 无定形碳 無定形碳 wú dìng xíng tàn amorphous carbon 丁糖 dīng táng tetrose (CH2O)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms 七碳糖 qī tàn táng heptose (CH2O)7, monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms 三碳糖 sān tàn táng triose (CH2O)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyde 甘油醛[gan1 you2 quan2] 丙糖 bǐng táng triose (CH2O)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyde 甘油醛[gan1 you2 quan2] 五碳糖 wǔ tàn táng pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖[he2 tang2] 六碳糖 liù tàn táng hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖[pu2 tao5 tang2] 吸碳 xī tàn to absorb carbon 四碳糖 sì tàn táng tetrose (CH2O)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms 密送 mì sòng Bcc (for email) / Blind carbon copy (for email) 己糖 jǐ táng hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖[pu2 tao5 tang2] 