歼 jiān
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 歹 — corpse
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
歼灭
jiānmiè
to annihilate; to wipe out
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Example phrases
- 指挥部要求各部队在天亮前歼灭残余武装，以免冲突蔓延。 Zhǐhuībù yāoqiú gè bùduì zài tiānliàng qián jiānmiè cányú wǔzhuāng, yǐmiǎn chōngtū mànyán. The command ordered all units to wipe out the remaining armed forces before dawn to prevent the conflict from spreading.
- 农民喷了药，一夜之间歼灭了田里的害虫。 Nóngmín pēn le yào, yí yè zhījiān jiānmiè le tián lǐ de hàichóng. The farmer sprayed pesticide and wiped out the pests in the field overnight.
- 游戏里，我们小队终于歼灭了所有的怪物。 Yóuxì lǐ, wǒmen xiǎoduì zhōngyú jiānmiè le suǒyǒu de guàiwù. In the game, our squad finally wiped out all the monsters.
Related words
- 灭 miè to extinguish, to destroy
- 扑灭 pūmiè to extinguish
- 消灭 xiāomiè to annihilate
- 毁灭 huǐmiè to destroy; to annihilate
- 灭绝 mièjué to become extinct; to exterminate
- 灭亡 mièwáng to perish; to collapse; to become extinct
- 破灭 pòmiè to be shattered; to be destroyed; to collapse
- 熄灭 xīmiè to go out; to extinguish
- 冷战 lěngzhàn cold war; cold conflict
- 烈士 lièshì martyr; fallen hero
- 间谍 jiàndié spy; secret agent
- 前赴后继 qiánfùhòujì to advance wave upon wave; to press forward one after another