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泥潭
泥潭
(ní tán): Quagmire / mire (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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泥 • ní • mud, clay, earth • HSK 3.0 · L6
HSK 3.0 · L6
ní
泥
mud, clay, earth
潭 • tán • deep pool; pond
tán
潭
deep pool; pond
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 泥潭.
Words with
泥
水泥
shuǐ ní
cement; concrete
泥土
ní tǔ
soil / earth
泥泞
ní nìng
muddy
淤泥
yū ní
silt
拘泥
jū nì
to be rigid; to stick to; to be constrained by
泥巴
ní bā
mud
泥沼
ní zhǎo
bog; quagmire
泥浆
ní jiāng
mud, slurry
Words with
潭
桃花潭水
táo huā tán shuǐ
deep and profound friendship, as deep as the waters of Peach Blossom Pond.
虎穴龙潭
hǔ xué lóng tán
an extremely dangerous place or situation
龙潭虎穴
lóng tán hǔ xué
a place of extreme danger or difficulty
龙潭虎窟
lóng tán hǔ kū
an extremely dangerous place or situation
4.
How to Use 泥潭 in Sentences
Measure Word + Noun
with
个
yī
一
gè
个
ní
泥
tán
潭
neutral
a quagmire
Adjective + Noun
with
危险
wēi
危
xiǎn
险
de
的
ní
泥
tán
潭
Verb + Object
with
陷入
xiàn
陷
rù
入
ní
泥
tán
潭
Subject + Verb
with
深陷
ní
泥
tán
潭
shēn
深
xiàn
陷
5.
Example Sentences with 泥潭
zhè
这
chǎng
场
wú
无
xiū
休
zhǐ
止
de
的
zhēng
neutral
dangerous quagmire
neutral
get stuck in a quagmire
formal
Written
deeply mired in a quagmire
争
lùn
论
，
jiǎn
简
zhí
直
jiù
就
shì
是
yí
一
gè
个
sī
思
xiǎng
想
de
的
ní
泥
tán
潭
。
This endless debate is simply a quagmire of thought.
wǒ
我
men
们
gāi
该
rú
如
hé
何
cái
才
néng
能
bǎi
摆
tuō
脱
zhè
这
ge
个
jīng
经
jì
济
ní
泥
tán
潭
ne
呢
？
How can we possibly extricate ourselves from this economic quagmire?
tā
他
bìng
并
wèi
未
xiàn
陷
rù
入
zì
自
wǒ
我
huái
怀
yí
疑
de
的
ní
泥
tán
潭
，
fǎn
反
ér
而
yuè
越
cuò
挫
yuè
越
yǒng
勇
。
He did not fall into the quagmire of self-doubt; instead, he grew stronger with each setback.
xiǎo
小
xīn
心
diǎn
点
，
bié
别
ràng
让
guò
过
qù
去
de
的
shī
失
bài
败
bǎ
把
nǐ
你
tuō
拖
jìn
进
qíng
情
xù
绪
de
的
ní
泥
tán
潭
。
Be careful not to let past failures drag you into an emotional quagmire.
zhè
这
ge
个
xiàng
项
mù
目
xiàn
陷
rù
入
le
了
cái
财
wù
务
ní
泥
tán
潭
，
hěn
很
nán
难
tuī
推
jìn
进
。
This project has fallen into a financial quagmire and is difficult to advance.
