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miè
HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. to extinguish or put out
  2. 2. to go out (of a fire etc)
  3. 3. to exterminate or wipe out
  4. 4. to drown

Example Sentences

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火已經 了。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6152998)

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Words Containing 灭

隐灭
yǐn miè

to fade away

半明不灭
bàn míng bù miè

dull (lamplight)

熄灭
xī miè

to stop burning

灭门
miè mén

to exterminate an entire family

生灭
shēng miè

life and death

灭除
miè chú

to eliminate; to kill off

灭虫宁
miè chóng nìng

bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine

剿灭
jiǎo miè

to eliminate (by armed force)

湮灭
yīn miè

to destroy

淹灭
yān miè

to submerge

灭绝
miè jué

to become extinct; to die out

灭度
miè dù

to extinguish worries and the sea of grief

毁灭
huǐ miè

to perish

灭族
miè zú

extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)

已灭
yǐ miè

extinct

宠妾灭妻
chǒng qiè miè qī

favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)

灭此朝食
miè cǐ zhāo shí

lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed

明灭
míng miè

to flicker

大义灭亲
dà yì miè qīn

to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it

不可磨灭
bù kě mó miè

indelible

夷灭
yí miè

to massacre

灭火
miè huǒ

to extinguish a fire

消灭
xiāo miè

to put an end to

歼灭
jiān miè

to wipe out

相互保证毁灭
xiāng hù bǎo zhèng huǐ miè

mutual assured destruction

生物大灭绝
shēng wù dà miè jué

great extinction of species

灭亡
miè wáng

to be destroyed

濒灭
bīn miè

on the brink of extinction

灭音器
miè yīn qì

muffler (of an internal combustion engine)

灭菌
miè jūn

to sterilize

团灭
tuán miè

(video gaming) to eliminate an entire team

灭火器
miè huǒ qì

fire extinguisher

兴灭继绝
xīng miè jì jué

fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten

双氯灭痛
shuāng lǜ miè tòng

diclofenac painkiller

断灭
duàn miè

annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

杀灭
shā miè

to exterminate

灭顶
miè dǐng

to be drowned (figurative and literal)

攻灭
gōng miè

to conquer

断灭论
duàn miè lùn

annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

灭团
miè tuán

(video gaming) to eliminate an entire team

沦灭
lún miè

to perish

大绝灭
dà jué miè

mass extinction

自生自灭
zì shēng zì miè

to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)

种族灭绝
zhǒng zú miè jué

genocide

吞灭
tūn miè

to absorb

灭口
miè kǒu

to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret

灭失
miè shī

loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)

灭种
miè zhǒng

to commit genocide

灭掉
miè diào

to eliminate

大灭绝
dà miè jué

mass extinction

灭绝人性
miè jué rén xìng

to be devoid of all humanity; inhuman; bestial

扑灭
pū miè

to eradicate

破灭
pò miè

to be shattered

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.

绝灭
jué miè

to annihilate

灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè

lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)

灭种罪
miè zhǒng zuì

genocide

泯灭
mǐn miè

to obliterate

灭鼠药
miè shǔ yào

rat poison

覆灭
fù miè

destruction

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

自取灭亡
zì qǔ miè wáng

to court disaster (idiom)

毁灭性
huǐ miè xìng

destructive

寂灭
jì miè

to die out

亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng

country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction

磨灭
mó miè

to obliterate

灭绝种族
miè jué zhǒng zú

to commit genocide

诛灭
zhū miè

to wipe out

苦集灭道
kǔ jí miè dào

also called 四諦|四谛[sì dì]

幻灭
huàn miè

(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish

扶清灭洋
fú qīng miè yáng

Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)

灭茬
miè chá

to clear stubble from fields (agriculture)