1 to refuse

2 to decline

3 to reject

1 to extinguish or put out

2 to go out (of a fire etc)

3 to exterminate or wipe out

4 to drown

1 to cut short

2 extinct

3 to disappear

4 to vanish

5 absolutely

6 by no means

1 absolute

2 unconditional

1 to despair

2 to give up all hope

3 desperate

4 desperation

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

1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner

1 one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades

2 advancing wave upon wave

1 to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)

1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.