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mìe : extinguished
滅
| roots | pinyin, English |
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氵烕
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shûi water, miè destroy [xü kill, hûo fire]
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| synonyms |
| 敗 | bài : spoil |
| 弊 | bì° : corrupted |
| 殆 | dài : danger |
| 害 | hài : harm |
| 滅 | mìe : extinguished |
| 傷 | shäng : hurt |
| 殃 | yäng¹ : ruin |
萬物無以生 | 將恐滅
39:18 wàn wù wú yî shëng | 39:19 jïang kông¹ mìe
The Many without life | I fear would be extinguished
| become parched and wither | WW |
| death prevent [rhyme] | PC |
| drying out | FE |
| extinct(-ion) | AW, W1, WC, EC, DL |
| extinguished | GR |
| go lifelessly | JS |
| pass away [rhyme] | JL |
| perish | WO, LY, L1, C1, AL, DC, DH |
| vanish | CM |
| [omits] | L1, RH, VM, RP, AH |
兵強則滅
76:11 bïng qíang zé mìe
A stiff army is then extinguished
FY adds 'zhe 者' after 'qiang'. NC has all with 'bu sheng 不勝' for 'mìe'; RH has MWD-B with 'sheng-alt?'. CTP, FE, JS, and AH have 'bu sheng'. ZW, YB, EC, RP, GR, and CM have 'mìe'. I have tried to guess by the translations what choice was made, but it is difficult and speculative. No one consistently uses 'mie', and even RP and CM present 'mie' but seem to translate 'bu sheng'. The terms are certainly not interchangeable, and the extra syllable makes 'bu sheng' less poetic than 'mie' in conjunction with the following line, 'mù¹ qíang zé zhé²', especially with FY's addition of 'zhe'.
| mie |
| destroyed | EC |
| suffers defeat | RP |
| won't win | CM |
| be annihilated | GR |
| mie? |
| broken | AW |
| tends to fall by its own weight | W1 |
| destroyed | DC |
| will not last | WW |
| bu sheng |
| never wins a battle | FE |
| won't win | RH |
| will not conquer | VM |
| be defeated | JS |
| not prevail | AH |
| bu sheng? |
| do(-es) not conquer | JL, AL |
| will not conquer | PC |
| will not win | WC, DL |
| will not vanquish | L1, L2 |
| are not victorious | WO |
| lose in a battle | LY |
| lose the war | C1 |
| never overcome | DH |
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