miè

to extinguish or put out

to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown

lid (一) + fire (火) = extinguish

A hand pressing a flat lid down over flames — the horizontal stroke smothers the fire beneath it. The image captures extinguishing as an act of covering and suppressing.

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A flatSemantic
FireSemantic

他把蜡烛了,然后睡觉。

tā bǎ là zhú miè le, rán hòu shuì jiào。

He put out the candle and then went to sleep.

风太大,火很快就了。

fēng tài dà, huǒ hěn kuài jiù miè le。

The wind was too strong, and the fire went out quickly.

Words with 灭

吞灭

tūn miè

to absorb

隐灭

yǐn miè

to fade away

双氯灭痛

shuāng lǜ miè tòng

diclofenac painkiller

自取灭亡

zì qǔ miè wáng

to court disaster (idiom)

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 wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè

Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.

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

jiǎo miè

to eliminate (by armed force)

半明不灭

bàn míng bù miè

dull (lamplight)

吹灭

chuī miè

to blow out (a flame)

团灭

tuán miè

(video gaming) (of an entire team or party) to get wiped out

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