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湮

Mandarin · pinyin yān#

(literary) to sink into oblivion
(literary) to silt up
Taiwan pr. yīn

Mandarin · pinyin yīn#

variant of 洇 yīn

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湮: yān · bury, sink, block up; stain

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1 · yan1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jan1 · jin1

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) to inundate; to sink; to bury; to cover up; to fall into oblivion
(literary) to clog up; to block up; to stop

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