淹 yān

1. yān verb to flood; to submerge; to soak
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 浸渍 (Guoyu '淹' v 1; Kroll 2015 '淹' 1, p. 525; Unihan '淹'; XHZD '淹' 1, p. 862)
2. yān verb to steep
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Unihan '淹')
3. yān adjective wide
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '淹' 2, p. 862)
4. yān verb to drip with sweat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '淹' v 3; XHZD '淹' 2, p. 862)
5. yān verb to move slowly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '淹' 2, p. 525)
6. yān adjective belated
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '淹' 2a, p. 525)
7. yān adverb thoroughly; fully
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '淹' adv; Kroll 2015 '淹' 3, p. 526)
8. yān verb cover with liquid
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '淹' 4, p. 526)
9. yān verb to stop; to detain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '淹' v 2)
10. yàn verb to immerse
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 浸没 (Guoyu '淹' yàn)

Contained in

• 1. 瞋心如狂风 会吹走人缘 2. 愚痴似急流 会捲走幸福 3. 我慢像暗礁 会搁浅前途 4. 嫉妒同巨浪 会淹没理智(1. 瞋心如狂風 會吹走人緣 2. 愚痴似急流 會捲走幸福 3. 我慢像暗礁 會擱淺前途 4. 嫉妒同巨浪 會淹沒理智) 1. Anger is like a storm that sweeps away your affinities. 2. Ignorance is like a swift current that washes away your happiness. 3. Arrogance is like a hidden reef that strands your future. 4. Jealousy is like a tsunami that overwhelms your reason.

Also contained in

淹灌 、 淹留 、 淹水 、 淹博 、 淹盖 、 淹死 、 淹没 、 淹灭 、 江淹 、 范仲淹 、 稽淹

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• The Doctrine of Compassion in Buddhism 佛教的慈悲主義 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 4
• The Doctrine of Buddhist Compassion 佛教的慈悲主義 Humanistic Buddhism Series 7 - Dharma and Doctrine 《人間佛教系列7－佛法與義理》 — count: 4
• Environmental and Spiritual Preservation 環保與心保 Modern Mentality Trends of Thought - Speeches over the Years 《當代人心思潮－歷年主題演說》 — count: 3
• Volume 8: Buddhism and Study about the World - Class 1: Buddhism and the Universe 第八冊　佛教與世學 第一課　佛教與宇宙 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 1
• Rescuing Rahula (Compassion) 救護羅睺羅(慈悲) Buddhism Series 3 - The Buddha 《佛教叢書3－佛陀》 — count: 1
• Chapter 2: Thinking about Positioning for Advantage - Future Studies 卷二　往好處想 ■未來學 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 9 - Thinking about Positioning for Advantage 《人間萬事9－往好處去想》 — count: 1
• Chapter 2: Challenging Limits - Disasters 卷二　挑戰極限 ■災情 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 8 - The World's Energy 《人間萬事8－人間的能源》 — count: 1
• The ultimate tranquility beyond laksana - Part 14 [Lecture] 四相寂滅起大乘行分第十四 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 1
• Volume 1: The Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha Triple Gem - Class 20: Summer Retreat 第一冊　佛法僧三寶 第十九課　結夏安居 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 1
• Buddhism and World Views 佛教的宇宙觀 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 水淹 (水淹) 水淹三禪 — Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》, Hsing Yun Diary 17 - The Dharma Gate of Non-Duality: From the Ten Directions and Back to the Ten Directions 星雲日記17～不二法門 十方來十方去(1992/5/1～1992/5/15) — count: 25
• 淹二禅 (淹二禪) 水淹二禪 — Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 9 - Thinking about Positioning for Advantage 《人間萬事9－往好處去想》, Chapter 2: Thinking about Positioning for Advantage - Future Studies 卷二　往好處想 ■未來學 — count: 11
• 淹到 (淹到) 終於淹到腳下 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The ultimate tranquility beyond laksana - Part 14 [Lecture] 四相寂滅起大乘行分第十四 【講話】 — count: 5
• 淹毙 (淹斃) 第三世應受跌進廁所淹斃的報應 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Nothing is ended and nothing is extinguished - Part 27 [Lecture] 斷滅知見造生死業分第二十七 【講話】 — count: 3
• 淹三禅 (淹三禪) 水淹三禪 — Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》, Hsing Yun Diary 17 - The Dharma Gate of Non-Duality: From the Ten Directions and Back to the Ten Directions 星雲日記17～不二法門 十方來十方去(1992/5/1～1992/5/15) — count: 3
• 漫淹 (漫淹) 大水漫淹屋中 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, The Doctrine of Compassion in Buddhism 佛教的慈悲主義 — count: 2
• 厕所淹 (廁所淹) 第三世應受跌進廁所淹斃的報應 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Nothing is ended and nothing is extinguished - Part 27 [Lecture] 斷滅知見造生死業分第二十七 【講話】 — count: 2
• 淹屋 (淹屋) 大水漫淹屋中 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, The Doctrine of Compassion in Buddhism 佛教的慈悲主義 — count: 2
• 淹到了 (淹到了) 終於淹到了他的腳下 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, The Doctrine of Compassion in Buddhism 佛教的慈悲主義 — count: 2
• 快要淹 (快要淹) 眼看水已經快要淹到你的頭部 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, The Doctrine of Compassion in Buddhism 佛教的慈悲主義 — count: 2