"Annihilation" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xiāo miè to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory)
 yīn miè to destroy / to disappear / annihilation
 duàn miè annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
 duàn miè lùn annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
 héng sǎo qiān jūn total annihilation
 Zhào Kuò Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC / also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子[Ma3 Fu2 zi3]
 Mǎ Fú zǐ Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC / also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4]
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