Chinese–EnglishWith examples
灭
miè · mie
Traditional 滅
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to extinguish or put out
- to go out (of a fire etc)
- to exterminate or wipe out
- to drown
In a sentence
2 examples01
消防员一眨眼的功夫就把火给灭了。
The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.
Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by FeuDRenais2 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
02
所有的灯光同时灭了。
All at the same time, the lights went out.
Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by kaiperkins271 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
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