favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom); spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
大绝灭大絕滅da4 jue2 mie4
mass extinction
大灭绝大滅絕da4 mie4 jue2
mass extinction
大义灭亲大義滅親da4 yi4 mie4 qin1
to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
断灭斷滅duan4 mie4
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
断灭论斷滅論duan4 mie4 lun4
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
扶清灭洋扶清滅洋fu2 qing1 mie4 yang2
Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)
覆灭覆滅fu4 mie4
destruction
攻灭攻滅gong1 mie4
to conquer; to defeat (militarily)
幻灭幻滅huan4 mie4
(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate; (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment
灰飞烟灭灰飛煙滅hui1 fei1 yan1 mie4
lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke
毁灭毀滅hui3 mie4
to perish; to ruin; to destroy
毁灭性毀滅性hui3 mie4 xing4
destructive; devastating
寂灭寂滅ji4 mie4
to die out; to fade away; nirvana (Buddhism)
假途灭虢假途滅虢jia3 tu2 mie4 guo2
lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
歼灭殲滅jian1 mie4
to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate
剿灭剿滅jiao3 mie4
to eliminate (by armed force)
绝灭絕滅jue2 mie4
to annihilate; to exterminate; extinction
苦集灭道苦集滅道ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道; also called 四諦|四谛
沦灭淪滅lun2 mie4
to perish; extinction
灭茬滅茬mie4 cha2
to clear stubble from fields (agriculture)
灭虫宁滅蟲寧mie4 chong2 ning4
bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine
灭除滅除mie4 chu2
to eliminate; to kill off
灭此朝食滅此朝食mie4 ci3 zhao1 shi2
lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed; anxious to do battle (idiom)
灭掉滅掉mie4 diao4
to eliminate
灭顶滅頂mie4 ding3
to be drowned (figurative and literal)
灭度滅度mie4 du4
to extinguish worries and the sea of grief; nirvana (Buddhism)
灭火滅火mie4 huo3
to extinguish a fire; firefighting
灭火器滅火器mie4 huo3 qi4
fire extinguisher
灭绝滅絕mie4 jue2
to extinguish; to become extinct; to die out
灭绝人性滅絕人性mie4 jue2 ren2 xing4
to be devoid of all humanity; inhuman; bestial
灭绝种族滅絕種族mie4 jue2 zhong3 zu2
genocide
灭菌滅菌mie4 jun1
to sterilize
灭口滅口mie4 kou3
to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb
灭门滅門mie4 men2
to exterminate an entire family
灭失滅失mie4 shi1
loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)
灭鼠药滅鼠藥mie4 shu3 yao4
rat poison
灭亡滅亡mie4 wang2
to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
灭音器滅音器mie4 yin1 qi4
muffler (of an internal combustion engine)
灭种滅種mie4 zhong3
to commit genocide; to become extinct; extinction of a race
灭种罪滅種罪mie4 zhong3 zui4
genocide
灭族滅族mie4 zu2
extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)
泯灭泯滅min3 mie4
to obliterate; to die out; to disappear
明灭明滅ming2 mie4
to flicker; to flash on and off; to brighten and fade
磨灭磨滅mo2 mie4
to obliterate; to erase
破灭破滅po4 mie4
to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)