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沉重

chén zhòng

HSK 6 2-character word

What 沉重 means

1. heavy
2. hard
3. serious
4. critical

The characters in 沉重

• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to

Example sentences

• 她的脚步沉重地落在木地板上。
  Tā de jiǎobù chénzhòng de luò zài mù dìbǎn shàng.
  Her footsteps fell ponderously on the wooden floor.
• 我们未曾说出口的话，份量沉重。
  The weight of our unspoken words is heavy.
• 店主担心地跑过去跪在迪马身旁, 迪马沉重地喘着气, 他的额头复着一层汗。
  Diànzhǔ dānxīn de pǎo guòqù guì zài dí mǎ shēn páng, dí mǎ chénzhòng de chuǎn zhe qì, tā de étóu fù zhe yīcéng hàn.
  Worried, the shopkeeper ran over and kneeled beside Dima, who was breathing heavily - his forehead covered in sweat.
• 他提出了一个勇敢而孤独的斗争，但这些沉重的打击，他的赔率不能得到他的商业计划接受。
  Tā tíchū le yī gè yǒnggǎn ér gūdú de dòuzhēng, dàn zhèxiē chénzhòng de dǎjī, tā de péi lǜ bù néng dédào tā de shāngyèjìhuà jiēshòu.
  He put up a brave and lone struggle, but up against such heavy odds he couldn't get his business plan accepted.

Words starting with 沉重

• 沉重打击chén zhòng dǎ jīto hit hard