Chinese word dictionary

陷坑

xiàn kēng · pitfall; pit as animal trap

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Simplified陷坑

Traditional陷坑

Pinyinxiàn kēng

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Character breakdown

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陷xiàn

to sink, to plunge; trap, pitfall

坑kēng

pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry

How to learn 陷坑

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Words with the same characters

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缺陷quēxiàn

defect; flaw

陷入xiànrù

to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)

坑kēng

pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over; variant of 坑[keng1]

诬陷wūxiàn

to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb

陷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

陷害xiànhài

to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against