灭绝人性 — Chinese idiom
灭绝人性
miè jué rén xìng
Traditional: 滅絕人性
Meaning
- to be devoid of all humanity; inhuman; bestial
Character by character
- 灭mièto extinguish; to wipe out
- 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
- 人rénman, person; people
- 性xìngsex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb t
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
- 灭顶之灾 miè dǐng zhī zāi
- 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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