yān​mièyīn​miè

to be buried in obscurity

yān​miè to be buried in obscurity

  1. to sink into oblivion
    (literary) (bound form) to be buried; to be forgotten; to perish
  2. to disappear
    to vanish or cease to be; to die out

yān​miè to be destroyed · to annihilate

  1. to sink into oblivion
    (literary) (bound form) to be buried; to be forgotten; to perish
  2. to exterminate
    to wipe out or cause to stop existing; to destroy or eliminate completely

yīn​miè to extinguish

  1. to blotch
    (of liquids) to soak through, blotch, or splotch. This sense is now more commonly written as yīn.
  2. to extinguish
    to put out a fire or light; to go out or stop burning