涝 lào to inundate
to inundate; to flood; flooded
怎么记住“涝”: 氵 water + 劳 to labor = to inundate. The water keeps rising while the farmers labor all night with sandbags, but the river still threatens to inundate their fields.
部件结构
涝 = 氵 water + 劳 to labor
- 氵 water
- 劳 to labor
The water keeps rising while the farmers labor all night with sandbags, but the river still threatens to inundate their fields.
用法
- Waterlogging/flooding of farmland from excess rain - the paired opposite of 旱 (hàn, drought): 旱涝保收 (hànlào-bǎoshōu) a harvest secure against both drought and flood.
- 排涝 (páilào) to drain floodwater. Agriculture/weather term.