毁 - huǐ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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13 strokes
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毁 (毀)

huǐ

Definition

to destroy
to damage
to ruin
to defame
to slander

Character Decomposition

Related words (28)

to injure; to damage

to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction

毁容

huǐ róng

to disfigure; to spoil the beauty of

impair, damage

to destroy

to perish; to ruin; to destroy

毁约

huǐ yuē

to break a promise; breach of contract

毁谤

huǐ bàng

slander; libel; to malign; to disparage

to destroy

destructive; crushing (defeat)

毁灭性

huǐ miè xìng

destructive; devastating

击毁

jī huǐ

to attack and destroy

坠毁

zhuì huǐ

(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash

collapse

to level; to raise to the ground; to destroy

拆毁

chāi huǐ

to dismantle; to demolish

损毁

sǔn huǐ

to cause damage to; to ruin; to destroy

捣毁

dǎo huǐ

to destroy; to smash; sabotage

to destroy; to wreck

to tear up; to rip up; too shred

to smash

to blow up; to destroy with explosives

烧毁

shāo huǐ

to burn; to burn down

焚毁

fén huǐ

to burn down; to destroy with fire; trad. also written 焚毀

熔毁

róng huǐ

meltdown; (of nuclear fuel) to melt down

to destroy; to smash

to vilify; to slander; vilification

销毁

xiāo huǐ

to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate

Idioms (2)

毁家纾难

huǐ jiā shū nàn

to sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom)

黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣

huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng

(lit.) earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

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