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毁灭 huǐmiè

毁灭 huǐmiè Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 毁灭 huǐmiè .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huǐmiè | hui3 mie4
English translation
to perish
to ruin
to destroy

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Traditional form

毀滅

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 毁灭 huǐmiè

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huǐ

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of huǐ . Depicts beating a child ( ér ) into the ground () with a weapon ( shū ).

Positional decomposition

⿰⿱臼工殳

Number of Strokes

13
miè

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of miè . Depicts water ( shuǐ ) being used to extinguish a fire ( Huǒ ). is a sound component. The traditional component shuǐ was removed for simplification.

Positional decomposition

一火

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 毁灭 huǐmiè

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越南 Yuè nán 战场 zhàn chǎng shǎng 用于 yòng yú 毁灭 huǐmiè 林区 lín qū de chéng ”,成分 chéngfèn shì 二氧

Dioxin was the ingredient in Agent Orange, used to defoliate Vietnam.

马力 mǎ lì de 汽车 qì chē dào le 缺乏经验 de 司机 sījī 手中便成 le 毁灭性 huǐ miè xìng de 武器 wǔqì

High-powered cars are lethal weapons in the hands of inexperienced drivers.

他们 tā men 拥有 yōngyǒu de 弹头 dàn tóu 足以 zúyǐ jiāng 世界 shìjiè 毁灭 huǐmiè hǎo 几次 jǐ cì

Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over.

毁灭 huǐmiè Decomposition

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毁灭 huǐmiè Compounds

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