huǐ miè xìngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
destructive / devastating
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Original source entry:

毀滅性 毁灭性 [hui3 mie4 xing4] /destructive/devastating/

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Other forms in these source records: 毀滅性

  • 毁
    huǐ

    to destroy / to ruin / to defame / to slander / to destroy by fire / to defame / to slander

  • 灭
    miè

    to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown

  • 性
    xìng

    nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[gè]

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