Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 淹

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

to drown

to stay for a long period

basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)

widely read
erudite

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

to submerge
to flood
to drown out

to submerge
to flood
to bury

to be flooded

Fàn Zhòngyān

Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記／岳阳楼记

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