绝迹

絕跡
juéjì
verb #26,933

Meanings

  1. 1 to become extinct; to vanish completely
  2. 2 to disappear without a trace
  3. 3 to be eradicated

Examples

Zhè zhǒng yěshēng dòngwù zài dāngdì jīhū juéjì le.
This wild animal has nearly disappeared from the area.
Suízhe kējì de jìnbù, xǔduō jiù zhíyè zhújiàn juéjì.
With the advancement of technology, many old professions are gradually disappearing.

Tips

memory
means 'to cut off completely' and means 'traces/tracks' — when all traces are cut off, the thing has vanished entirely. Picture footprints in snow that abruptly stop: 绝迹.

Stroke Order

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