陷入 xiàn rù to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament) 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 沉没 沉沒 chén mò to sink syn 下沉 xià chén to sink down syn 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 液氮 yè dàn liquid nitrogen 氮气 氮氣 dàn qì nitrogen syn 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 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 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 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 沉落 chén luò to sink / to fall 氧化氮 nitrogen oxide / oxide of nitrogen 洗手盆 xǐ shǒu pén bathroom sink / wash basin 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 淡 dàn insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen syn 氮 dàn nitrogen (chemistry) syn 堕 墮 duò to fall / to sink / (fig.) to degenerate syn 沦 淪 lún to sink (into ruin, oblivion) / to be reduced to syn 二氧化氮 èr yǎng huà dàn nitrogen dioxide 固氮 gù dàn fixed nitrogen 洗手池 xǐ shǒu chí bathroom sink / wash basin 湮 yān (literary) to sink into oblivion / (literary) to silt up / Taiwan pr. [yin1] 眍 瞘 kōu to sink in (of eyes) syn 氮氧化物 dàn yǎng huà wù nitrogen oxide 氮催化作用 nitrogen catalysis / nitrogen oxide catalysis / nitric oxide catalysis 氮的氧化物 nitrogen oxide / oxide of nitrogen 氮芥气 氮芥氣 dàn jiè qì nitrogen mustard 吖嗪 ā qín -azine / heterocyclic compound containing nitrogen in their ring such as pyridine 吡啶[bi3 ding4] C5H5N, pyrazine 噠嗪|哒嗪[da1 qin2] C4H4N2 or pyrimidine 嘧啶[mi4 ding4] C4H4N2 有机氮 有機氮 yǒu jī dàn organic nitrogen 氮原子 dàn yuán zǐ nitrogen atom 氮循环 氮循環 dàn xún huán nitrogen cycle 三氟化氮 sān fú huà dàn nitrogen trifluoride 生物固氮 shēng wù gù dàn biological nitrogen fixation 氮氧化物控制 dàn yǎng huà wù kòng zhì nitrogen oxide control 氮氧化物工作组 dàn yǎng huà wù gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Nitrogen Oxides 液氮无源冷藏器 液氮無源冷藏器 liquid nitrogen passive freezer 氮吸收库 氮吸收庫 dàn xī shōu kù nitrogen oxide reservoir 固氮植物 gù dàn zhí wù nitrogen fixing plant 施氮 shī dàn nitrogen fertilization 氮研究中心 Nitrogen Study Centre 氮肥肥料 dàn féi féi liào nitrogen fertilizer / nitrogenous fertilizer 氮污染 氮汙染 nitrogen pollution 欧洲氮气制造业协会 歐洲氮氣制造業協會 European Nitrogen Producers' Association 氮磷检测器 氮磷檢測器 nitrogen phosphorus detector 低陷 dī xiàn to sink / to settle 吸碳存 xī tàn cún carbon sink 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 碳汇 碳匯 tàn huì carbon credits / carbon sink 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 以生物量为基础的碳汇 以生物量為基礎的碳匯 biomass-based carbon 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 