淤泥 (yū ní) — silt, sludge (deposited mud that settles in water); (figurative) mire, quagmire (a difficult situation one is stuck in)
Definition
淤泥 is sediment that has settled in water — wetter and finer than 泥土 ('soil/earth') and more specific than 泥. Figuratively, a 'mire' one is stuck in, like 泥潭.
noun
siltsludge (deposited mud that settles in water)(figurative) mirequagmire (a difficult situation one is stuck in)
Examples
- ，淤泥。Hé shuǐ tuì qù hòu, hé chuáng shàng liú xià le hòu hòu de yī céng yū ní.After the river receded, a thick layer of silt was left on the riverbed.
- 淤泥。Gōng dì shàng de gōng rén zhèng zài yòng shè bèi qīng lǐ dì jī lǐ de yū ní.Workers at the construction site are using equipment to clear the sludge from the foundation.
- 淤泥。Tā bù xī wàng zì jǐ xiàn rù yū ní bān de kùn jìng zhī zhōng.He didn't want to find himself in a quagmire-like predicament.
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