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陷入

xiàn rù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

陷入 (xiàn rù) means "to sink into". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 陷入 means

1. to sink into
2. to get caught up in
3. to land in (a predicament)

The characters in 陷入

• 陷xiànpitfall; trap; to get stuck
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时

Example sentences

• 你在陷入困境。
  You're getting into deep water.
• 他故意令她陷入险境。
  Tā gùyì lìng tā xiànrù xiǎnjìng.
  He deliberately exposed her to danger.
• 汤姆因为玛丽陷入了麻烦。
  Tāngmǔ yīnwèi Mǎlì xiànrù le máfan.
  Tom got into trouble because of Mary.
• 他发言完后，大家陷入了沉默。
  When he finished speaking, everyone was silent.
• 那场事故让我们陷入了不寻常的局势。
  Nà cháng shìgù ràng wǒmen xiànrù le bù xúncháng de júshì.
  We were faced with an unusual situation because of the accident.
• 日历上画着红圈的截稿日期使我陷入了焦虑。
  The red circle on the calendar marking the deadline causes me to fall into anxiety.

Words starting with 陷入

• 陷入牢笼xiàn rù láo lóngto fall into a trap; ensnared

Where 陷入 is taught

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

Go deeper

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