to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy
沉
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冗
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氵
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Charlie Chaplin is experimenting with superfluous liquid helium and a bottle of water just inside the encampment's kitchen. He lets the water flow into the liquid helium, and because the water is frozen instantly, it sinks and submerges.
hidden / secret / latent / to hide / to conceal / to submerge / to dive
潜
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替
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氵
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The Queen of Hearts (qi) emptied her water bottle (氵) and is aiming to replenish (替) it in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Secretly (潜) she fills her water bottle by submerging (潜) it in a big water-filled flower pot.