xiàn

pitfall

trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect

mound (阝) + person falling into pit (臽) = pitfall or trap

阝 here represents a mound or earthen slope; 臽 depicts a person falling into a pit. Together they evoke a hidden hollow in the terrain — a place where you suddenly drop.

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A person falling into a pitSemantic
Earthen moundSemantic

他不小心入了泥里,走不出来。

tā bù xiǎo xīn xiàn rù le ní lǐ,zǒu bù chū lái。

he accidentally got stuck in the mud and could not walk out.

敌人想用假证据害他,让他坐牢。

dí rén xiǎng yòng jiǎ zhèng jù xiàn hài tā,ràng tā zuò láo。

the enemy wanted to frame him with false evidence to put him in prison.

Words with 陷

陷落

xiàn luò

to surrender (of a fortress)

陷入

xiàn rù

to sink into

陷入牢笼

xiàn rù láo lóng

to fall into a trap

陷坑

xiàn kēng

pitfall

陷害

xiàn hài

to entrap

陷于

xiàn yú

caught in (a bad situation)

陷于瘫痪

xiàn yú tān huàn

to be paralyzed; to come to a standstill

陷落带

xiàn luò dài

area of subsidence

陷阱

xiàn jǐng

pitfall

下陷

xià xiàn

to subside

人类免疫缺陷病毒

rén lèi miǎn yì quē xiàn bìng dú

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

低陷

dī xiàn

to sink

More characters with 阝