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HSK
6

to extinguish

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

mie4 miè

Meaning


Primary

to extinguish

Alternatives

extinguish, extinguishes, extinguished, extinguishing, destroy

Mnemonic


[mi-] Mickey Mouse is in the [4] bathroom of the [-e] electricity plant where some of the fancy electrical devices sticking out of the 一 ground have broken out into an electrical 火 fire. Mickey runs around trying 滅 to extinguish the electrical 火 fire that has already burned down some of the stalls. He 氵 sprays water on the 火 fire but that only makes it worse because it is an electrical 火 fire. Finally, he takes out a comically large 戊 battle axe from his pocket and swings it side from side, creating a powerful wind that somehow 滅 extinguishes the 火 fire. Whew.

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