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灭绝

miè jué

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 滅絕

灭绝 (miè jué) means "to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 灭绝 means

1. to become extinct; to die out
2. to lose (sth abstract) completely
3. to exterminate

The characters in 灭绝

• 灭mièto extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out
• 绝juéto cut short; extinct; to disappear

Example sentences

• 愚鸠是已灭绝的动物。
  Yú jiū shì yǐmiè jué de dòngwù.
  The dodo is an already extinct species.
• 恐龙在很久以前灭绝了。
  Kǒnglóng zài hěn jiǔ yǐqián miè jué le.
  Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.
• 恐龙好久以前就灭绝了。
  Dinosaurs died out a very long time ago.
• 这是一个濒临灭绝的物种。
  It is an endangered species.
• 渡渡鸟是已经灭绝的物种。
  The dodo is an already extinct species.
• 什么样的人会将种族灭绝者，称之为“英雄”？
  Shénmeyàng de rén huì jiāng zhǒngzúmièjué zhě, chēngzhīwéi "yīngxióng "?
  What kind of person looks up to a genocidal killer and calls him a hero?

Words starting with 灭绝

• 灭绝人性miè jué rén xìng(idiom) to be devoid of all humanity; inhuman; bestial
• 灭绝种族miè jué zhǒng zúto commit genocide

Words containing 灭绝

• 大灭绝dà miè juémass extinction
• 种族灭绝zhǒng zú miè juégenocide
• 生物大灭绝shēng wù dà miè juégreat extinction of species

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