灭门之祸 mièménzhīhuò calamity of a family's extermination Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 灭门 滅門 mièmén to exterminate a family to kill off every member of an entire family之 zhī particle [possessive] Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes, similar to 的 de but used in formal or literary writing.祸 禍 huò noun disaster misfortune; calamity; disaster; opposite of 福 fú