Dictionary › 身陷

身陷

shēn xiàn

2-character word

What 身陷 means

1. to be trapped
2. to be imprisoned

The characters in 身陷

• 身shēnbody; life; oneself
• 陷xiànpitfall; trap; to get stuck

Example sentences

• 我身陷困境。
  Wǒ shēnxiàn kùnjìng.
  I am in a tight place.

Words starting with 身陷

• 身陷牢狱shēn xiàn láo yùto go to prison; to be imprisoned
• 身陷牢笼shēn xiàn láo lóngfallen into a trap
• 身陷囹圄shēn xiàn líng yǔthrown into prison; behind bars

Sounds the same

Read shēn xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 深陷to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes)
• 深县Shen county in Hebei
• 莘县Shen County or Shenxian, a county in Liaocheng City 聊城市