泥潭 (ní tán) — quagmire, muddy bog
Definition
泥潭 is a quagmire or muddy bog — a patch of deep, soft mud one sinks into. Used figuratively for a difficult situation hard to escape, like 淤泥 in its figurative sense, but 泥潭 emphasizes the place/bog itself.
noun
quagmiremuddy bog
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Beispiele
- ，泥潭。Bào yǔ guò hòu, zhè tiáo lù biàn chéng le yí gè ní tán.After the rainstorm, this road turned into a quagmire.
- 泥潭，。Gōng sī xiàn rù le cái wù ní tán, nán yǐ tuō shēn.The company has fallen into a financial quagmire and can hardly extricate itself.
- 泥潭。Bié bǎ jiǎn dān de wèn tí biàn chéng yí gè ní tán.Don't turn a simple problem into a quagmire.
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