ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.go underwater; dive
船潜入海底。
make a dive towards the bottom of the sea
我会潜泳。
I can swim underwater.
他潜入水底找寻尸首。
He dived into the water to look for the dead body.
- 2
n.potential
挖潜
tap the potential
潜力
potential
潜能
potential
- 3
v.hide; latent
潜能
latent energy
潜伏
hide
潜流
undercurrent
- 4
adv.stealthily; secretly
潜逃
abscond
Words and phrases with 潜
- 潜规则[word]unwritten rule
- 潜水钟[word]diving-bell
- 潜叶[word]leaf mining
- 潜居[word]live in seclusion
- 潜心[word]concentrate on
- 潜流[word]undercurrent; emotions/feelings hidden deep inside
- 潜动[word]shunt running
- 潜力股[word]stock with potential; person with potential
- 潜伏性[word]latency
- 潜龙勿用[idiom]the dragon hiding in deep water
- 潜身远祸[idiom]hide away from disaster
- 潜山隐市[idiom]go in hiding
- 潜身缩首[idiom]hide one's body and cover one's head
- 潜神默思[idiom]be deep in thought
- 潜神默记[idiom]learn deeply by heart
- 潜滋暗长[idiom]grow and develop imperceptibly
- 潜蛟困凤[idiom]A talent is useless when secluded.
- 潜移默化[idiom]influence character by environment