泥潭 (ní tán) — quagmire, muddy bog

Definição

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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Exemplos

  • 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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