淹[yān]

动

1. flood; submerge; inundate

♦ 暴雨过后, 整个村子的地都被水~了。 The heavy rains flooded all the fields of the village.

2. (of sweat, etc.) irritate the skin

♦ 我胳肢窝被汗~得难受。 My armpits are tingling from sweat.

3. 书 delay

♦ 淹留

形书 wide

♦ 淹博