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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

下陷 [xiàxiàn]
  1. 1. be sunken; be hollow; form a depression; subside; sag; sink
    过度抽取地下水会使地层出现下陷。
    站在我眼前的是一位双颊下陷，额头爬满皱纹的老太婆。
    他脸色憔悴眼眶下陷，一幅病容。
    一下雨，地面下陷的地方就成了水坑。
    Rain formed puddles in the depressions on the ground.
    双颊下陷
    with sunken cheeks
    眼眶下陷
    with sunken eyes

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

下陷 [xiàxiàn]
  1. 1. 动 向下或向里凹进
    路面下陷。
See more results for 下陷 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

眼眶下陷
with sunken eyes → 下陷
双颊下陷
with sunken cheeks → 下陷
一下雨，地面下陷的地方就成了水坑。
Rain formed puddles in the depressions on the ground. → 下陷
他脸色憔悴眼眶下陷，一幅病容。 → 下陷
站在我眼前的是一位双颊下陷，额头爬满皱纹的老太婆。 → 下陷
过度抽取地下水会使地层出现下陷。 → 下陷
过分的开采地下水, 会造成地面下陷。
Overexploiting underground water will cause land subsidence. → 地下水
路面下陷。 → 下陷

Word Decomposition

下
[xià] 		+ 陷
[xiàn]

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