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The character "陷", which remains identical in both traditional and modern standard forms, is composed of the left-side radical 阜, indicating an earthen mound or terrain feature, and the right-side phonetic and semantic component 臽, which depicts a person falling into a pit. This structure directly informs its core meaning of "to fall into", "to sink", or "a pitfall or trap". From this concrete origin denoting a physical fall into a hole or depression, its semantic range broadened to include abstract or metaphorical downfalls, such as being ensnared in a scheme ("to frame someone") or a location being overrun ("to capture a city"). It further extended to describe inherent defects or flaws within an object or situation.
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不要陷入困境。
小心地上的陷阱。
这个机器有缺陷。
他陷入了深深的思考。
城市陷于战火之中。
避免陷入同样的误区。
那段历史时期国家沦陷了。
他因陷害同事而被解雇。