相 互 保 证 毁 灭

xiāng hù bǎo zhèng huǐ mièdictionary entry

mutual assured destruction

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

相互保證毀滅相互保证毁灭 [xiang1 hu4 bao3 zheng4 hui3 mie4] /mutual assured destruction/

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Other forms in these source records: 相互保證毀滅

相
xiāng
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pí pa] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pǐn])
xiàng
appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
Xiāng
surname Xiang
互
hù
mutual
保
bǎo
to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo jiǎ] system
Bǎo
Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bǎo jiā lì yà])
证
zhèng
to admonish / certificate / proof / to prove / to demonstrate / to confirm
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

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