陷入
Pinyin: xiànrù
to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
Example sentence
他发言完后，大家陷入了沉默。
Tā fāyán wán hòu, dàjiā xiànrù le chénmò.
When he finished speaking, everyone was silent.
What 陷入 means
陷入 (xiànrù) is a Chinese word meaning “to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)”. It appears in the HSK 6 collection.
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