泯灭

泯滅
mǐnmiè
verb #34,174

Meanings

  1. 1 to obliterate
  2. 2 to die out
  3. 3 to be extinguished (of conscience, hope, memory)

Examples

HSK 5
Shíjiān wúfǎ mǐnmiè nà duàn jìyì.
Time cannot wipe out that memory.
HSK 7-9
Tā de liángxīn hái méiyǒu mǐnmiè.
His conscience has not yet been extinguished.

Tips

register
Strongly literary. The classic collocation is 良心泯灭 ('conscience extinguished') - used to describe someone who has lost all moral feeling. Also pairs with 希望 (hope), 记忆 (memory), 人性 (humanity). Don't use it for ordinary disappearance - for that, 消失 or 消亡 is more natural.

Stroke Order

mǐn
miè