绝灭
jué miè
Pinyin

Definition

绝灭
 - 
jué miè
  1. to annihilate
  2. to exterminate
  3. extinction

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拒绝
jù jué
  1. 1 to refuse
  2. 2 to decline
  3. 3 to reject
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
绝
jué
  1. 1 to cut short
  2. 2 extinct
  3. 3 to disappear
  4. 4 to vanish
  5. 5 absolutely
  6. 6 by no means
绝对
jué duì
  1. 1 absolute
  2. 2 unconditional
绝望
jué wàng
  1. 1 to despair
  2. 2 to give up all hope
  3. 3 desperate
  4. 4 desperation
不绝于耳
bù jué yú ěr
  1. 1 (of sound) to never stop
  2. 2 to fall incessantly on the ear
  3. 3 to linger on
幻灭
huàn miè
  1. 1 (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish
  2. 2 to evaporate
  3. 3 (of a person) to become disillusioned
  4. 4 disillusionment
断绝
duàn jué
  1. 1 to sever
  2. 2 to break off
杜绝
dù jué
  1. 1 to put an end to
毁灭
huǐ miè
  1. 1 to perish
  2. 2 to ruin
  3. 3 to destroy
决绝
jué jué
  1. 1 to sever all relations with sb
  2. 2 determined
  3. 3 decisive
泯灭
mǐn miè
  1. 1 to obliterate
  2. 2 to die out
  3. 3 to disappear
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)
灭亡
miè wáng
  1. 1 to be destroyed
  2. 2 to become extinct
  3. 3 to perish
  4. 4 to die out
  5. 5 to destroy
  6. 6 to exterminate
灭掉
miè diào
  1. 1 to eliminate
灭火
miè huǒ
  1. 1 to extinguish a fire
  2. 2 firefighting
灭火器
miè huǒ qì
  1. 1 fire extinguisher
灭绝
miè jué
  1. 1 to extinguish
  2. 2 to become extinct
  3. 3 to die out
滔滔不绝
tāo tāo bù jué
  1. 1 unceasing torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 talking non-stop
  3. 3 gabbling forty to the dozen
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke

Idioms (20)

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
坚苦卓绝
jiān kǔ zhuó jué
  1. 1 persisting despite trials and tribulations (idiom); conspicuous determination
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
天无绝人之路
tiān wú jué rén zhī lù
  1. 1 Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.
  2. 2 Never give up hope.
  3. 3 Never say die.
容华绝代
róng huá jué dài
  1. 1 to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (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
屡禁不绝
lu:3 jìn bù jué
  1. 1 to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
弹尽援绝
dàn jìn yuán jué
  1. 1 out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits
弹尽粮绝
dàn jìn liáng jué
  1. 1 out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
惨绝人寰
cǎn jué rén huán
  1. 1 extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality
悬崖绝壁
xuán yá jué bì
  1. 1 sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
断港绝潢
duàn gǎng jué huáng
  1. 1 to be unable to continue
  2. 2 to come to a dead end (idiom)
深恶痛绝
shēn wù tòng jué
  1. 1 to detest bitterly (idiom)
  2. 2 implacable hatred
  3. 3 to abhor
  4. 4 anathema
灭此朝食
miè cǐ zhāo shí
  1. 1 lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed
  2. 2 anxious to do battle (idiom)
滔滔不绝
tāo tāo bù jué
  1. 1 unceasing torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 talking non-stop
  3. 3 gabbling forty to the dozen
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
绝世佳人
jué shì jiā rén
  1. 1 a woman of unmatched beauty (idiom)
绝代佳人
jué dài jiā rén
  1. 1 beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance
  2. 2 prettiest girl ever

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