PINYIN

xiàn

DEFINITION
  • 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
EXAMPLE
陷入 /xiàn rù
to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament)