to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)

to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay

widely read; erudite

to be flooded

basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)

to submerge; to flood; to bury

to stay for a long period

to submerge; to flood; to drown out

Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4]

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