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Information of 灭

Pinyin miè

Radical

火

Strokes

5 strokes

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Definition

extinguish

灭 miè 【动】【本义】: 消灭;除尽 1. 火熄：熄～。 [En.] extinguish; fire goes out. 2. 完，尽，使不存在：～口。～亡。不可磨～。～族（古代的一种残酷刑罚，一人犯罪，株连他的父母兄弟妻子等亲属，都被一起杀掉）。 [En.] complete; exhaust; cause to cease to exist: extinguish; perish; cannot be erased; extermination (an ancient and cruel punishment where one person’s crime implicates their relatives). 3. 淹没：～顶之灾。 [En.] drown; submerge; disaster of drowning. 【引】 1. 《说文》：灭，尽也。 [En.] "Shuo Wen": To extinguish means to exhaust. 2. 《尔雅·释诂》：灭，绝也。 [En.] "Erya": To extinguish means to be cut off. 3. 《礼记·乐记》：国之灭亡无日矣。 [En.] "Li Ji": The nation is bound to perish one day. 4. 《谷梁传·襄公六年》：家有既亡，国有既灭。 [En.] "Gu Liang Zhuan": When a family is lost, the nation faces extinction. 5. 《吕氏春秋·情势》：以小畜大灭。 [En.] "Lüshi Chunqiu": Using small losses to bring about great extinction. 6. 杜牧《阿房宫赋》：谁得而族灭也? [En.] Du Mu: Who caused the extermination of the clan? 7. 苏洵《六国论》：六国破灭，非兵不利，战不善，敝在赂秦。 [En.] Su Xun: The six states perished not due to poor military might but bribery to Qin. 8. 《文心雕龙·明诗》：秦皇灭典，亦造仙诗。 [En.] "Wen Xin Diao Long": The First Emperor exterminated standards and also created immortal poetry. 9. 《战国策·魏策》：灭韩亡魏。 [En.] "Strategies of the Warring States": To exterminate Han and destroy Wei. 【例】又如:灭于绛;一朝而灭;灭亲(断绝亲族间的关系);灭户(全家皆死，宗嗣断绝);消灭(使消灭;除掉;灭亡);毁灭(摧毁消灭);灭夷(消灭);灭劫(毁灭的灾难) [En.] For example: extinguished in the crimson; to perish in a day; severed family ties; extermination of the household; annihilate; destroy; exterminate; calamity of destruction. 2. 消失，隐没 [En.] Disappear. 【引】 1. 杜甫《戏为六绝句》：何(荷)校(木枷)灭耳。 [En.] Du Fu: What (lotus) basket perishes here? 2. 尔曹身与名俱灭。 [En.] Your bodies perished along with your names. 【例】又如:灭抹(埋没);灭名(名誉尽失);灭身(丧身，毁灭自身);灭没(湮没;隐没);灭景(隐没形影，指隐居) [En.] For example: to bury under; lost reputation; lose life, destroy oneself; be lost; hidden shadow, referring to reclusion. 3. 熄灭 [En.] Fire or light goes; extinguish. 【引】 1. 唐· 杜牧《阿房宫赋》：火不灭。 [En.] Du Mu: The fire does not extinguish. 【例】又如:灭却(熄灭);灭息(熄灭) [En.] For example: to extinguish; put out. 4. 淹没 [En.] Drown; submerge. 【引】 1. 《易·大过》：过涉灭顶。 [En.] "I Ching": The flood reached its peak. 5. 涂抹改动 [En.] Alter. 【例】如:灭刺(让名刺上的字迹消隐，指不愿投刺干谒);灭青(指古代用刀削改竹简上的字句) [En.] For example: to obscure words on a business card; to carve out text from bamboo slips in ancient times.

吞灭 tūn miè

to absorb

寂灭 jì miè

to die out / to fade away / nirvana (Buddhism)

幻灭 huàn miè

(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish / to evaporate / (of a person) to become disillusioned / disillusionment

剿灭 jiǎo miè

to eliminate (by armed force)

扑灭 pū miè

to eradicate / to extinguish

歼灭 jiān miè

to wipe out / to crush / to annihilate

泯灭 mǐn miè

to obliterate / to die out / to disappear

歼灭战 jiān miè zhàn

war of annihilation

毁灭 huǐ miè

to perish / to ruin / to destroy

毁灭性 huǐ miè xìng

destructive / devastating

浇灭 jiāo miè

extinguish / damp down

消灭 xiāo miè

to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory)

湮灭 yīn miè

to destroy / to disappear / annihilation

溃灭 kuì miè

crumble and fall / collapse and perish

破灭 pò miè

to be shattered / to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)

灭绝 miè jué

to extinguish / to become extinct / to die out

熄灭 xī miè

to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished

绝灭 jué miè

to annihilate / to exterminate / extinction

覆灭 fù miè

destruction

灭火 miè huǒ

to extinguish a fire / firefighting

杀灭 shā miè

to exterminate

灭菌 miè jūn

to sterilize

不可磨灭 bù kě mó miè

indelible

灭口 miè kǒu

to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret / to silence sb

诛灭 zhū miè

to wipe out / to exterminate

杀人灭口 shā rén miè kǒu

morganize / silence sb.

灰飞烟灭 huī fēi yān miè

lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) / fig. to be annihilated / to vanish in a puff of smoke

灭亡 miè wáng

to be destroyed / to become extinct / to perish / to die out / to destroy / to exterminate

灭茬 miè chá

to clear stubble from fields (agriculture)

灭蚊 miè wén

mosquito eradication