沾(❶
❷霑)zhān ❶ （浸湿） wet; soak; moisten: 泪 ～ 襟 tears wet the front of one's jacket; 草被露水 ～ 湿了。 Grasses were moist with dew.
❷ （被东西附着上） be stained with: ～ 泥 be stained with mud; 双手 ～ 满人民鲜血的刽子手 a butcher stained with the blood of the people
❸ (碰上； 挨上) touch: 脚不 ～ 地 with one's feet hardly touching the ground; 烟酒不 ～ touch neither tobacco nor alcohol; 一 ～ 枕头就着 fall asleep as soon as one's head hits the pillow; 你的酒 ～ 都没 ～ 。 You haven't even touched your wine.
❹ （得到好处） get sth. out of association with sb. or sth.; benefit by [from]: ～ 点便宜 get a bargain; 利益均 ～。 Both parties benefit from sth.
◆沾边 touch on only lightly; be close to what it should be; be relevant; 沾光 benefit from association with sb. or sth.; gain some advantage from another; profit from association with; 沾染 be infected with; be contaminated by; be tainted with; 沾手 touch with one's hand; have a hand in; 沾污 pollution; contamination; 沾沾自喜 pleased with oneself; play the peacock; priggish hug oneself on [for; over]; self-contented[feel complacent |