灭亡 – vocab dash

灭亡mièwáng

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Meanings

1. to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out

2. to destroy; to exterminate

Characters used

灭to extinguish 亡to lose

Examples3

从cóng古gǔ到dào今jīn，没有méiyǒu过guo不bù灭亡mièwáng的de国家guójiā。

There has never been a nation that was not eventually destroyed.

罗马帝国LuómǎDìguó灭亡mièwáng的de其中qízhōng一个yīge主要zhǔyào原因yuányīn是shì他们tāmen没有méiyǒu0 —— 这样zhèyàng他们tāmen就jiù没法méifǎ给gěi自己zìjǐ的deC程序chéngxù指明zhǐmíng成功chénggōng退出tuìchū的de路lù。

An important reason for the fall of the Roman Empire was that they had no zero. So they had no way of demonstrating a successful exit of their C programs.

未来wèilái的de人类rénlèi：“古代gǔdài文明wénmíng人rén所suǒ创造chuàngzào的de这zhè台táiUnix机器jīqì、它tā的de历法lìfǎ只zhǐ到dào2038年nián1月yuè19日rì这zhè一yī天tiān就jiù为止wéizhǐ了le，因此yīncǐ我wǒ确信quèxìn那nà一yī天tiān必将bìjiāng是shì地球dìqiú灭亡mièwáng之zhī日rì。”

Person of the future: "The calendar of this Unix machine that the ancients built only goes up to January 19, 2038. As such, I am convinced that this marks the day of the Earth's destruction."