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消逝

xiāo shì

2-character word

What 消逝 means

1. to fade away

The characters in 消逝

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 逝shì(of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die

Example sentences

• 但与此同时，它却在消逝：时间无可挽回地流逝， 而我们却四处游荡，成为我们对细节的热爱的囚徒。
  But meanwhile it flees: time flees irretrievably, while we wander around, prisoners of our love of detail.

Sounds the same

Read xiāo shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 销势sale
• 消释to dispel (doubts); to clear up (misunderstanding)