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简灭顶 · 繁滅頂

Mandarin · pinyin miè dǐng

to be drowned (figurative and literal)

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灭: miè · extinguish; wipe out, exterminate
顶: dǐng · top, summit, peak; to carry on the head

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4–3 · mie4 ding3

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verb

(literally and figurative) to be drowned; to be swamped

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