磨灭

磨滅

mómiè

verb #30,265

Meanings

1 to obliterate
2 to wear away
3 to erase (a memory, a mark, an achievement)

Characters

to grind, to wear

to extinguish, to wipe out

Examples

时间无法磨灭这段回忆。

Shíjiān wúfǎ mómiè zhè duàn huíyì.

Time cannot erase this memory.

他的功绩不可磨灭。

Tā de gōngjì bùkě mómiè.

His achievements cannot be obliterated.

Tips

usage

Most often appears in the negation 不可磨灭 ('cannot be erased / indelible') describing memories, contributions, or marks left on history. Literal 'grind out' makes the imagery vivid: even sandpaper-like time can't grind these away.

Stroke Order

磨 mó

灭 miè