| 灭 | [ miè ] to extinguish or put out, to go out (of a fire etc), to exterminate or wipe out, to drown |
| 灭亡 | [ miè wáng ] to be destroyed, to become extinct, to perish, to die out, to destroy, to exterminate |
| 灭口 | [ miè koǔ ] to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret, to silence sb |
| 灭团 | [ miè tuán ] (video gaming) to eliminate an entire team, to get wiped out |
| 灭失 | [ miè shī ] loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law) |
| 灭度 | [ miè dù ] to extinguish worries and the sea of grief, nirvana (Buddhism) |
| 灭掉 | [ miè ] to eliminate |
| 灭族 | [ miè zú ] extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment) |
| 灭此朝食 | [ miè cǐ zhaō shí ] lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed, anxious to do battle (idiom) |
| 灭火 | [ miè huǒ ] to extinguish a fire, firefighting |
| 灭火器 | [ miè huǒ qì ] fire extinguisher |
| 灭种 | [ miè zhǒng ] to commit genocide, to become extinct, extinction of a race |
| 灭种罪 | [ miè zhǒng zuì ] genocide |
| 灭绝 | [ miè jué ] to extinguish, to become extinct, to die out |
| 灭绝人性 | [ miè jué rén xìng ] to be devoid of all humanity, inhuman, bestial |
| 灭绝种族 | [ miè jué zhǒng zú ] genocide |
| 灭茬 | [ miè chá ] to clear stubble from fields (agriculture) |
| 灭菌 | [ miè jūn ] to sterilize |
| 灭虫宁 | [ miè chóng nìng ] bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine |
| 灭门 | [ miè mén ] to exterminate an entire family |
| 灭除 | [ miè chú ] to eliminate, to kill off |
| 灭音器 | [ miè yīn qì ] muffler (of an internal combustion engine) |
| 灭顶 | [ miè dǐng ] to be drowned (figurative and literal) |
| 灭鼠药 | [ miè shǔ yaò ] rat poison |
| ⇒ 不可磨灭 | [ bù kě mó miè ] indelible |
| ⇒ 亡国灭种 | [ wáng guó miè zhǒng ] country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction |
| ⇒ 人不为己，天诛地灭 | [ rén bù weì jǐ tiān zhū dì miè ] Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you., Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost. |
| ⇒ 假途灭虢 | [ jiǎ tú miè guó ] lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner |
| ⇒ 剿灭 | [ miè ] to eliminate (by armed force) |
| ⇒ 半明不灭 | [ bàn míng bù miè ] dull (lamplight) |
| ⇒ 吞灭 | [ tūn miè ] to absorb |
| ⇒ 团灭 | [ tuán miè ] (video gaming) to eliminate an entire team, to get wiped out |
| ⇒ 大灭绝 | [ dà miè jué ] mass extinction |
| ⇒ 大绝灭 | [ dà jué miè ] mass extinction |
| ⇒ 大义灭亲 | [ dà yì miè qīn ] to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it |
| ⇒ 夷灭 | [ yí miè ] to massacre, to die out |
| ⇒ 寂灭 | [ jì miè ] to die out, to fade away, nirvana (Buddhism) |
| ⇒ 宠妾灭妻 | [ chǒng qiè miè qī ] favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom), spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife |
| ⇒ 已灭 | [ yǐ miè ] extinct |
| ⇒ 幻灭 | [ huàn miè ] (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish, to evaporate, (of a person) to become disillusioned, disillusionment |
| ⇒ 扶清灭洋 | [ fú qīng miè yáng ] Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan) |
| ⇒ 扑灭 | [ pū miè ] to eradicate, to extinguish |
| ⇒ 攻灭 | [ gōng miè ] to conquer, to defeat (militarily) |
| ⇒ 断灭 | [ duàn miè ] annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) |
| ⇒ 断灭论 | [ duàn miè lùn ] annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) |
| ⇒ 族灭 | [ zú miè ] to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) |
| ⇒ 明灭 | [ míng miè ] to flicker, to flash on and off, to brighten and fade |
| ⇒ 歼灭 | [ jiān miè ] to wipe out, to crush, to annihilate |
| ⇒ 杀灭 | [ shā miè ] to exterminate |
| ⇒ 毁灭 | [ huǐ miè ] to perish, to ruin, to destroy |
| ⇒ 毁灭性 | [ huǐ miè xìng ] destructive, devastating |
| ⇒ 泯灭 | [ mǐn miè ] to obliterate, to die out, to disappear |
| ⇒ 消灭 | [ miè ] to put an end to, to annihilate, to cause to perish, to perish, annihilation (in quantum field theory) |
| ⇒ 沦灭 | [ lún miè ] to perish, extinction |
| ⇒ 淹灭 | [ yān miè ] to submerge, to flood, to bury |
| ⇒ 湮灭 | [ yīn miè ] to destroy, to disappear, annihilation |
| ⇒ 濒灭 | [ bīn miè ] on the brink of extinction |
| ⇒ 灰飞烟灭 | [ huī feī yān miè ] lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom), fig. to be annihilated, to vanish in a puff of smoke |
| ⇒ 熄灭 | [ xī miè ] to stop burning, to go out (of fire), to die out, extinguished |
| ⇒ 生灭 | [ shēng miè ] life and death |
| ⇒ 生物大灭绝 | [ shēng wù dà miè jué ] great extinction of species |
| ⇒ 相互保证毁灭 | [ xiāng hù baǒ zhèng huǐ miè ] mutual assured destruction |
| ⇒ 破灭 | [ pò miè ] to be shattered, to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc) |
| ⇒ 磨灭 | [ mó miè ] to obliterate, to erase |
| ⇒ 种族灭绝 | [ zhǒng zú miè jué ] genocide |
| ⇒ 绝灭 | [ jué miè ] to annihilate, to exterminate, extinction |
| ⇒ 自取灭亡 | [ zì qǔ miè wáng ] to court disaster (idiom), to dig one's own grave |
| ⇒ 自生自灭 | [ zì shēng zì miè ] to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom) |
| ⇒ 兴灭继绝 | [ xīng miè jì jué ] lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom), fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten |
| ⇒ 苦集灭道 | [ kǔ jí miè daò ] the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4], also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4] |
| ⇒ 覆灭 | [ fù miè ] destruction |
| ⇒ 诛灭 | [ zhū miè ] to wipe out, to exterminate |
| ⇒ 隐灭 | [ yǐn miè ] to fade away, to vanish, to disappear |
| ⇒ 双氯灭痛 | [ shuāng lǜ miè tòng ] diclofenac painkiller, also called 扶他林 |
