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淹没

淹沒
yānmò
verb #9,393

Meanings

  1. 1 to submerge; to flood; to inundate
  2. 2 to drown out; to overwhelm

Characters

淹
yān
to flood; to drown
没
mò
to sink; to submerge; to disappear
Flood + sink - completely covered by water.

Examples

HSK 6
洪水淹没了整个村庄。
Hóngshuǐ yānmò le zhěnggè cūnzhuāng.
The flood submerged the entire village.
HSK 6
这条评论很快被淹没在大量留言中。
Zhè tiáo pínglùn hěnkuài bèi yānmò zài dàliàng liúyán zhōng.
This comment was quickly buried under a flood of messages.
HSK 7-9
他的声音被噪音淹没了。
Tā de shēngyīn bèi zàoyīn yānmò le.
His voice was drowned out by the noise.

Tips

usage
淹没 works both literally (water submerging land) and figuratively (a voice drowned out, a post buried in comments). The figurative use is extremely common online.
memory
淹 (flood/drown, water radical 氵) + 没 (sink/disappear) - water makes things sink and vanish.

Stroke Order

淹 yān
没 méi