浸淫

浸淫

1. (literary) to soak; to drench
2. (literary) to imbue; to instill; to immerse
3. (literary) to gradually spread; to approach; to encroach

   • 其存而在下者，孟郊東野始以其詩鳴，其高出魏晉，不懈而及於古，其他浸淫乎漢氏矣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     其存而在下者，孟郊东野始以其诗鸣，其高出魏晋，不懈而及于古，其他浸淫乎汉氏矣。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 802, 韓愈,《送孟東野序》

     Qí cún ér zài xià zhě, mèng Jiāo Dōngyě shǐ yǐ qí shī míng, qí gāochū Wèi-Jìn, bùxiè ér jí yú gǔ, qítā jìnyín hū Hàn-shì yǐ. [Pinyin]

     Of those in lesser stations among our contemporaries, Meng Jiao was the first one to sound forth in poetry. His loftiness surpasses the Wei and Jin and with unrelenting energy reaches the Ancients, while others seemingly approach Han.

浸淫

1. (literary) gradually