灭 miè

extinguish; wipe out, exterminate

HSK 6 #953

DEFINITIONS

  • extinguish
  • wipe out, exterminate
  • to extinguish or put out
  • to go out (of a fire etc)
  • to exterminate or wipe out
  • to drown

STROKES

WORDS

杀灭 shā miè to exterminate
灭音器 miè yīn qì muffler (of an internal combustion engine)
绝灭 jué miè to annihilate; to exterminate; extinction
亡国灭种 wáng guó miè zhǒng country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
人不为己，天诛地灭 rén bù wèi jǐ ， tiān zhū dì miè Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.; Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
假途灭虢 jiǎ tú miè guó lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
半明不灭 bàn míng bù miè dull (lamplight)
吞灭 tūn miè to absorb
大灭绝 dà miè jué mass extinction
大绝灭 dà jué miè mass extinction
夷灭 yí miè to massacre; to die out
寂灭 jì miè to die out; to fade away; nirvana (Buddhism)
宠妾灭妻 chǒng qiè miè qī favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom); spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
已灭 yǐ miè extinct
扶清灭洋 fú qīng miè yáng Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)
攻灭 gōng miè to conquer; to defeat (militarily)
断灭 duàn miè annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
断灭论 duàn miè lùn annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
族灭 zú miè to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
明灭 míng miè to flicker; to flash on and off; to brighten and fade
沦灭 lún miè to perish; extinction
淹灭 yān miè to submerge; to flood; to bury
灭失 miè shī loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)
灭度 miè dù to extinguish worries and the sea of grief; nirvana (Buddhism)
灭掉 miè diào to eliminate
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