miè dǐng zhī zāi

Traditional: 滅頂之災

灭顶之灾 (miè dǐng zhī zāi) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) catastrophic disaster; devastating calamity”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) catastrophic disaster; devastating calamity

Characters in 灭顶之灾

灭miè · to extinguish or put out顶dǐng · apex之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])灾zāi · disaster; calamity

Related words

之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid之一one of (sth)之类and so on之中inside顶apex总之in a word之外outside之内inside; within毁灭to perish

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