yān mò
to submerge
to drown
to flood
to drown out (also fig.)
yān
to flood
to submerge
to drown
to irritate the skin (of liquids)
to delay
Fàn Zhòng yān
Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song, led failed reform of 1043
also writer and author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记
yān liú
to stay for a long period
yān miè
to submerge
to flood
to bury
yān gài
to submerge
to flood
to drown out
yān guàn
basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)