HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

搁浅

gēqiǎn

Traditional: 擱淺

to run aground; to become stranded

HSK 7–9

Meaning of 搁浅 in English

gēqiǎnHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #6734
  1. to run aground; to become stranded
  2. (fig.) to run into difficulties and come to a standstill; to stall

Example sentences

  1. 一条受伤的鲸鱼在海滩边搁浅了。
    yī tiáo shòu shāng de jīng yú zài hǎi tān biān gē qiǎn le。
    A wounded whale washed up on the beach.
    Tatoeba #816502 by fucongcong · #682496 by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR

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