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兴灭继绝

xīng miè jì juédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom) / fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten
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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.

Source record: cd-d659dc5ab622a401. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

興滅繼絕 兴灭继绝 [xing1 mie4 ji4 jue2] /lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom)/fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten/

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Other forms in these source records: 興滅繼絕

  • 兴
    xīng

    to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)

    xìng

    feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement

    Xīng

    surname Xing

  • 灭
    miè

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

  • 继
    jì

    to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards

  • 绝
    jué

    to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.