吞没 (tūn mò) — to engulf, to swallow up; to embezzle, to misappropriate

Definition

Examples

• 大火很快吞没了整个村庄。
  Dà huǒ hěn kuài tūn mò le zhěng gè cūn zhuāng.
  The fire quickly engulfed the entire village.
• 巨浪吞没了那艘小船。
  Jù làng tūn mò le nà sōu xiǎo chuán.
  Huge waves swallowed up that small boat.
• 他利用职务之便吞没了大笔公款。
  Tā lì yòng zhí wù zhī biàn tūn mò le dà bǐ gōng kuǎn.
  He took advantage of his position to embezzle a large sum of public funds.