to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy
沉
=
冗
+
氵
:
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.
pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect
陷
=
臽
+
阝
:
After Marie Curie (xi) caught the crane in the anthill's bathroom (an4) she wants to catch the pope (阝) next. She knows that a normal sling trap (臽) will not work, so she digs a pitfall (陷) this time, but to be on the safe side she installs an additional sling trap (臽) at the bottom of the pitfall (陷).