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衰亡

shuāi wáng

2-character word

What 衰亡 means

1. to decline
2. to die out
3. decline and fall

The characters in 衰亡

• 衰shuāi(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
• 亡wángto die; to lose; to be gone

Example sentences

• 用铜做镜子，可以整理好一个人的穿戴；用别人作自己的镜子，可以知道自己每一天的得失；用历史作为镜子，可以知道历史上的兴盛衰亡。
  Yòng tóng zuò jìngzi, kěyǐ zhěnglǐ hǎo yīgèrén de chuāndài; yòng biéren zuò zìjǐ de jìngzi, kěyǐ zhīdào zìjǐ měi yī tiān de déshī; yòng lìshǐ zuòwéi jìngzi, kěyǐ zhīdào lìshǐshàng de xīngshèng shuāiwáng.
  With bronze as a mirror one can dress neatly; with the example of another person one can see the advantages and disadvantages of himself; from the mirror of history one can know the reason for the rise and fall of states.