湮灭 yānmièyīnmiè to be buried in obscurity Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents yānmiè to be buried in obscurity 湮 yān to sink into oblivion (literary) (bound form) to be buried; to be forgotten; to perish灭 滅 miè verb to disappear to vanish or cease to be; to die outyānmiè to be destroyed · to annihilate 湮 yān to sink into oblivion (literary) (bound form) to be buried; to be forgotten; to perish灭 滅 miè verb to exterminate to wipe out or cause to stop existing; to destroy or eliminate completelyyīnmiè to extinguish 湮 yīn to blotch (of liquids) to soak through, blotch, or splotch. This sense is now more commonly written as 洇 yīn.灭 滅 miè verb to extinguish to put out a fire or light; to go out or stop burning