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湮沒

简湮没 · 繁湮沒

Mandarin · pinyin yān mò

to bury
to submerge
to pass into oblivion
to obliterate
to annihilate (physics)

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湮: yān · bury, sink, block up; stain
沒: méi · not, have not, none; to drown, sink
没: méi · not, have not, none; drown, sink

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1–4 · yan1 mo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jin1 mut6

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verb

to bury (put or hide underground)
to be destroyed; to become extinct; to die out

noun

(physics, Mainland China) annihilation

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