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滅

简灭 · 繁滅

Mandarin · pinyin miè

to extinguish or put out
to go out (of a fire etc)
to exterminate or wipe out
to drown

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灭: miè · extinguish; wipe out, exterminate

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4 · mie4

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Cantonese word readings for 滅. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to obliterate; to wipe out; to eradicate; to conquer
to be destroyed; to perish; to die
to disappear; to vanish
to extinguish (a fire); (of light or fire) to go out
to turn off (light, lamp, etc.)
to alter (handwriting)

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