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

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

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