身陷

shēnxiàn
  1. to be trapped
  2. to be imprisoned

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 身 shēn
  1. body
  2. life
  3. oneself
  4. personally
  5. one's morality and conduct
  6. the main part of a structure or body
  7. pregnant
  8. classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
  9. Kangxi radical 158
2 陷 xiàn
  1. pitfall
  2. trap
  3. to get stuck
  4. to sink
  5. to cave in
  6. to frame (false charge)
  7. to capture (a city in battle)
  8. to fall (to the enemy)
  9. defect

Containing this entry

身陷囹圄 shēnxiànlíngyǔ
  1. thrown into prison
  2. behind bars
身陷牢獄 shēnxiànláoyù
  1. to go to prison
  2. to be imprisoned
身陷牢籠 shēnxiànláolóng fallen into a trap

Related entries

甕中之鱉 wèngzhōngzhībiē
  1. lit. like a turtle in a jar
  2. to be trapped (idiom)
坐牢 zuòláo to be imprisoned
身陷牢獄 shēnxiànláoyù
  1. to go to prison
  2. to be imprisoned