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陷于

xiàn yú

2-character word Traditional 陷於

What 陷于 means

1. caught in (a bad situation)
2. to fall into (trap etc)

The characters in 陷于

• 陷xiànpitfall; trap; to get stuck
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Example sentences

• 我在不恰当的时机说错了话, 不断的使我自己和我的朋友陷于尴尬的处境。
  By saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, I kept getting myself and my friends into awkward situations.

Words starting with 陷于

• 陷于瘫痪xiàn yú tān huànto be paralyzed; to come to a standstill

Sounds the same

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

• 限于to be limited to; to be confined to