淹没 yānmò to submerge
to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
How to remember 淹没: 淹 to drown + 没 not = to submerge.
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How it is used
- To submerge/flood/drown out - 洪水淹没村庄 (hóngshuǐ yānmò cūnzhuāng) floods submerge the village; figurative 被掌声淹没 (bèi zhǎngshēng yānmò) drowned out by applause.
- Literal flooding/covering with water, and figurative being overwhelmed/drowned out (by sound, crowds, information).
- The 没 reads mò here (submerge), not méi. Contrast 沉没 (chénmò, sink).