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亡國滅種

简亡国灭种 · 繁亡國滅種

Mandarin · pinyin wáng guó miè zhǒng

country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction

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亡: wáng · death, destroyed; lose, perish
國: Look up this written character
滅: Look up this written character
種: zhǒng · seed; race; offspring; to plant
国: guó · nation, country, nation-state
灭: miè · extinguish; wipe out, exterminate
种: zhǒng · seed; race, breed; to plant

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2–2–4–3 · wang2 guo2 mie4 zhong3

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mong4 gwok3 mit6 zung2

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(idiomatic) the country perishes and the ethnicity becomes extinct

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