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泛滥

fàn làn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 氾濫

泛滥 (fàn làn) means "to be in flood; to overflow (the banks); to inundate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 泛滥 means

1. to overflow; to inundate; to flood
2. (fig.) to proliferate unchecked

Other readings

泛滥 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fàn lànvariant of {泛滥|fàn làn}

The characters in 泛滥

• 泛fàn(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive
• 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate

Example sentences

• 大雨使河水泛滥。
  Dàyǔ shǐ héshuǐ fànlàn.
  The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.
• 台风造成了河水泛滥。
  Táifēng zàochéng le héshuǐ fàn làn.
  The typhoon caused the river to flood.

Words starting with 泛滥

• 泛滥成灾fàn làn chéng zāilit. to flood (idiom); fig. rampant; in plague proportions

Where 泛滥 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fàn–fǎn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fàn làn correctly.
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