毁灭
huǐ miè
Pinyin

Definition

毁灭
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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
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
摧毁
cuī huǐ
  1. 1 to destroy
  2. 2 to wreck
扑灭
pū miè
  1. 1 to eradicate
  2. 2 to extinguish
毁坏
huǐ huài
  1. 1 to damage
  2. 2 to devastate
  3. 3 to vandalize
  4. 4 damage
  5. 5 destruction
毁容
huǐ róng
  1. 1 to disfigure
  2. 2 to spoil the beauty of
毁掉
huǐ diào
  1. 1 to destroy
泯灭
mǐn miè
  1. 1 to obliterate
  2. 2 to die out
  3. 3 to disappear
湮灭
yīn miè
  1. 1 to destroy
  2. 2 to disappear
  3. 3 annihilation
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
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
熄灭
xī miè
  1. 1 to stop burning
  2. 2 to go out (of fire)
  3. 3 to die out
  4. 4 extinguished

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
毁家纾难
huǐ jiā shū nàn
  1. 1 to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom)
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)
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
自取灭亡
zì qǔ miè wáng
  1. 1 to court disaster (idiom)
  2. 2 to dig one's own grave
自生自灭
zì shēng zì miè
  1. 1 to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
兴灭继绝
xīng miè jì jué
  1. 1 lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten

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 shìr5 。wǒ wèn nǐ ，qiánjǐnián yǒuméiyǒu xiàng Nányà hǎixiào hé Kǎtèlǐnà jùfēng zhèyàng kǒngbù de zāinàn ,néng huǐmiè yī zuò chéngshì ？
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