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

灭族 miè zú extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)
灭此朝食 miè cǐ zhāo shí lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed; anxious to do battle (idiom)
灭种罪 miè zhǒng zuì genocide
灭绝种族 miè jué zhǒng zú genocide
灭茬 miè chá to clear stubble from fields (agriculture)
灭虫宁 miè chóng nìng bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine
灭门 miè mén to exterminate an entire family
灭除 miè chú to eliminate; to kill off
灭顶 miè dǐng to be drowned (figurative and literal)
灭鼠药 miè shǔ yào rat poison
濒灭 bīn miè on the brink of extinction
生灭 shēng miè life and death
生物大灭绝 shēng wù dà miè jué great extinction of species
相互保证毁灭 xiāng hù bǎo zhèng huǐ miè Mutual Assured Destruction
种族灭绝 zhǒng zú miè jué genocide
自取灭亡 zì qǔ miè wáng to court disaster (idiom); to dig one's own grave
兴灭继绝 xīng miè jì jué lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom); fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten
苦集灭道 kǔ jí miè dào the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道; also called 四諦|四谛
诛灭 zhū miè to wipe out; to exterminate
隐灭 yǐn miè to fade away; to vanish; to disappear
双氯灭痛 shuāng lǜ miè tòng diclofenac painkiller; also called 扶他林
灯灭了 dēng miè le the lights went out; the lamps extinguished
吹灭 chuī miè blow out (fire); extinguish by blowing
灭顶之灾 miè dǐng zhī zāi catastrophe; disaster; calamity that strikes at the very top of one's head (idiom)
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