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 | 灭 | | miè | 动 | | 1 (of a light, fire, etc. ) go out (opp. 着 zháo): | | | 火灭了。 The fire has gone out. | | | 灯突然灭了。 All of a sudden the lights went out. |
| 2 extinguish; put out; turn off: | | | 请把烟灭了。 Please stub out (or extinguish) your cigarette. | | | 节约用电,人走灯灭。 Save electricity— turn off the lights when you leave. | | | 消防队很快就把火灭了。 The fire brigade soon put out the fire. |
3 submerge; drown 灭顶 |
| 4 destroy; exterminate; wipe out: | | | 灭蝇 kill flies |
| 5 die; die out; perish: | | | 物质不灭定律 Law of Conservation of Matter |
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