灭顶之灾 — Chinese idiom
灭顶之灾
miè dǐng zhī zāi
Traditional: 滅頂之災
Meaning
- catastrophic disaster; devastating calamity
Character by character
- 灭mièto extinguish; to wipe out
- 顶dǐngtop, summit, peak; to carry on the head
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 灾zāidisaster, catastrophe, calamity
Idioms sharing a character
- 亡国灭种 wáng guó miè zhǒng
- 假途灭虢 jiǎ tú miè Guó
- 大义灭亲 dà yì miè qīn
- 宠妾灭妻 chǒng qiè miè qī
- 杀人灭口 shā rén miè kǒu
- 灭此朝食 miè cǐ zhāo shí
- 灭绝人性 miè jué rén xìng
- 灰飞烟灭 huī fēi yān miè
- 自取灭亡 zì qǔ miè wáng
- 自生自灭 zì shēng zì miè
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