熄灭 - To Extinguish - Simplified Chinese word mnemonic

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to extinguish

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熄

to extinguish

灭

to extinguish

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to extinguish

extinguish, extinguished, extinguishing, extinguishes

熄灭 To extinguish has the same meaning as both of its characters 熄 to extinguish and 灭 to extinguish.

风把烛火熄灭了。

The wind extinguished the candle flame.