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yín
  1. 1.variant of 淫[yín]
yín
  1. 1.excess
  2. 2.excessive
  3. 3.wanton
  4. 4.lewd
  5. 5.lascivious
  6. 6.obscene
  7. 7.depraved

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to soak; to permeate; to drench
  2. 2.to paint; to dye; to decorate
  3. 3.to spread; to diffuse; to become prominent
  4. 4.to move around; to shift; to travel
  5. 5.to exceed boundary; to overstep one's authority
  6. 6.excessive; uncontrolled; immoderate; overindulgent
  7. 7.great; sizeable; immense; big
  8. 8.to rain for a prolonged period of time; to have continuous heavy rain
  9. 9.meretricious; flashy; ostentatious
  10. 10.extravagant; squandering; wasteful
  11. 11.evil; wicked; sinful; crafty
  12. 12.in disorder; disorderly; chaotic; disorganised
  13. 13.to confuse or be confused; to make someone dazed and confused
  14. 14.to let someone have his or her own way; to allow to run wild
  15. 15.to indulge in; to overindulge; to abandon oneself in; to be greedy for
  16. 16.to have illicit sexual relations; to commit adultery
  17. 17.licentious; obscene; lewd; lascivious; depraved; pornographic
  18. 18.only used in 淫預/淫预: alternative form of 灩澦 /滟滪 (“a dangerous pile of rocks in the middle of the Yangtze River in Sichuan”)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *lɯm): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 㸒 (yín). ; “to soak; excessive; to let loose; licentious”

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