毁灭 (毀滅)
huǐ miè
Pinyin

Definition

毁灭 (毀滅)
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huǐ miè
  1. to perish
  2. to ruin
  3. to destroy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

毁
huǐ
  1. 1 to destroy
  2. 2 to damage
  3. 3 to ruin
  4. 4 to defame
  5. 5 to slander
毁灭
huǐ miè
  1. 1 to perish
  2. 2 to ruin
  3. 3 to destroy
消灭
xiāo miè
  1. 1 to put an end to
  2. 2 to annihilate
  3. 3 to cause to perish
  4. 4 to perish
  5. 5 annihilation (in quantum field theory)
灭
miè
  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
不可磨灭
bù kě mó miè
  1. 1 indelible

Idioms (11)

亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
  1. 1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
  1. 1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
大义灭亲
dà yì miè qīn
  1. 1 to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚
níng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huì yī zhuāng hūn
  1. 1 rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
宠妾灭妻
chǒng qiè miè qī
  1. 1 favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)
  2. 2 spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife

Sample Sentences

宇宙毁灭心还在
yǔzhòu huǐmiè xīn hái zài
The universe may perish, but the heart lives on
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你相不相信会有世界末日那一天？到时候就像电影里那样，地震洪水，山崩地裂，全人类面临毁灭。
nǐ xiāngbuxiāngxìn huì yǒu shìjièmòrì nàyītiān ？dào shíhou jiù xiàng diànyǐng lǐ nàyàng ，dìzhèn hóngshuǐ ，shānbēngdìliè ，quánrénlèi miànlín huǐmiè 。
Do you believe there will be a doomsday? Just like in the movies: earthquakes and floods, mountains collapsing and the ground opening up, all of humanity being faced with extermination.
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你别拿我的话不当回事儿。我问你，前几年有没有像南亚海啸和卡特里娜飓风这样恐怖的灾难,能毁灭一座城市？
nǐ bié ná wǒ de huà bù dāng huí shìr 。wǒ wèn nǐ ，qiánjǐnián yǒuméiyǒu xiàng Nányà hǎixiào hé Kǎtèlǐnà jùfēng zhèyàng kǒngbù de zāinàn ,néng huǐmiè yī zuò chéngshì ？
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