created sense approved 灭口/滅口 · mièkǒu · to silence a witness — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
灭口 / 滅口
mièkǒu
to silence a witness
to kill someone to prevent them from revealing a secret or an accomplice's crimes
灭, 口
灭 (literal) → 灭/滅 · miè · to exterminate 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · speech
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 灭口/滅口 · mièkǒu · to shut someone up — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
灭口 / 滅口
mièkǒu
to shut someone up
(literary) to block someone's mouth or prevent them from finding grounds for criticism
灭, 口
灭 (literal) → 灭/滅 · miè · to exterminate 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · mouth
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition