灭亡

miè wáng · mie wang

Traditional 滅亡

Meaning

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  1. to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out
  2. to destroy; to exterminate

In a sentence

2 examples
01

从(cóng)古(gǔ)到(dào)今(jīn),没(méi)有(yǒu)过(guò)不(bú)灭(miè)亡(wáng)的(de)国(guó)家(jiā)。

There has never been a nation that was not eventually destroyed.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by JSakuragi · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

核(hé)战(zhàn)争(zhēng)将(jiāng)会(huì)为(wèi)人(rén)类(lèi)带(dài)来(lái)灭(miè)亡(wáng)。

A nuclear war will bring about the destruction of mankind.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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