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灭

miè · mie

Traditional 滅

HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to extinguish or put out
  2. to go out (of a fire etc)
  3. to exterminate or wipe out
  4. to drown
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2 examples
01

消(xiāo)防(fáng)员(yuán)一(yì)眨(zhǎ)眼(yǎn)的(de)功(gōng)夫(fu)就(jiù)把(bǎ)火(huǒ)给(gěi)灭(miè)了(le)。

The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by FeuDRenais2 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

所(suǒ)有(yǒu)的(de)灯(dēng)光(guāng)同(tóng)时(shí)灭(miè)了(le)。

All at the same time, the lights went out.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by kaiperkins271 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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