亡国灭种 — Chinese idiom
亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
Traditional: 亡國滅種
Meaning
- country destroyed, its people annihilated ; total destruction
Character by character
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 国guócountry, nation, state; national
- 灭mièto extinguish; to wipe out
- 种zhǒngrace, kind, breed; seed; to plant
Idioms sharing a character
- 亡命之徒 wáng mìng zhī tú
- 亡羊补牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo
- 人琴俱亡 rén qín jù wáng
- 名存实亡 míng cún shí wáng
- 唇亡齿寒 chún wáng chǐ hán
- 国破家亡 guó pò jiā wáng
- 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng
- 有名亡实 yǒu míng wáng shí
- 自取灭亡 zì qǔ miè wáng
- 以身报国 yǐ shēn bào guó
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