| 滅 | 1012B50 63A.71-7 | 部居  | 畫數 13 | ㄇㄧㄝˋ [mie4] | ||
| V.t. | (1) Extinguish, blot out, obliterate: 滅火 extinguish fire, 滅火筒 fire-extinguisher; 滅水喉 fire hose; 滅燈 put out the light; 滅了良心 blot out conscience; 滅心，滅性 dehumanize; 滅門，滅戶 exterminate entire family; 滅族，滅種 genocide, exterminate entire race; 毀屍滅跡 chop up corpse and obliterate traces; 滅口 silence witness of crime by killing him; 滅此朝食 (AC) (promise to) destroy enemy before breakfast. (2) Oft. used as vb. complement to form comp.: 撲滅 beat and put out fire; 剿滅匪寇 destroy completely bandits; 殲滅敵人 annihilate enemy. | |||||
| Words | 1. 滅掉 [mie4diao4], v.t., destroy, annihilate, obliterate. 2. 滅頂 [mie4ding3], v.i., be drowned (“head submerged”). 3. 滅絕 [mie4jUe2], v.t., destroy completely, annihilate. 4. 滅沒 [mie4mo4], v.i. & t., (make) disappear, be gone. 5. 滅亡 [mie4wang2], v.i., perish: 自取滅亡 seek one's own downfall; n., perdition. | |||||