淪陷
simp沦陷leon4 haam6leon4 ham6lún xiàn
English
- to fall into enemy hands
- to be under enemy occupation
- to be occupied
- to degenerate
- to submerge
粵語 — Cantonese
- 畀敵國入侵而受控制
Examples
第二次世界大戰,香港淪陷咗三年零八個月。
During the Second World War, Hong Kong was under (Japanese) occupation for three years and eight months.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk