| 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 | pitfall trap to get stuck |
| 陷于 | caught in (a bad situation) to fall into (trap etc) |
| 陷于困境 | get into a hobble; stalemate; tie his up in knots; tie her up in knots; tie their up in knots; tie my up in knots; tie your up in knots; tie our up in knots; tie his up into knots; tie her up into knots; tie their up into knots; tie my up into knots; tie your up into |
| 陷于瘫痪 | to be paralyzed at a standstill |
| 陷于绝境 | with one's back to the wall; to be (or stand) at bay; to turn (or come) to bay |
| 陷入 | to sink into to get caught up in to land in (a predicament) |
| 陷入僵局 | reach an impasse |
| 陷入困境 | to fall into difficulty (e.g. facing bankruptcy) |
| 陷入牢笼 | to fall into a trap ensnared |
| 陷入绝境 | fall into impasse |
| 陷坑 | pitfall pit as animal trap |
| 陷害 | to frame (up) to make false charges against |
| 陷落 | to surrender (of a fortress) to fall (to the enemy) subsidence (of land) |
| 陷落带 | area of subsidence |
| 陷落计中 | to fall into the enemy's trap |
| 陷身 | fall into; land in |
| 陷身囹圄 | to be thrown into prison |
| 陷阱 | lit. a pit for trapping animals a trap a snare |
| 陷阵 | break through enemy lines |