滅蝗

Chinese

		extinguish	locust
trad. (滅蝗)		滅	蝗
simp. (灭蝗)		灭	蝗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mièhuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mièhuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mièhuáng
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-huang²
    • Yale: myè-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehhwang
    • Palladius: мехуан (mexuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Verb

滅蝗

1. to exterminate locusts

   • 滅蝗、治水、救災的偉大群眾運動，收到了史無前例的效果，使抗日戰爭能夠長期地堅持下去。 [MSC, trad.]
     灭蝗、治水、救灾的伟大群众运动，收到了史无前例的效果，使抗日战争能够长期地坚持下去。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1945, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論聯合政府》 (On Coalition Government), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Mièhuáng, zhìshuǐ, jiùzāi de wěidà qúnzhòng yùndòng, shōudào le shǐwúqiánlì de xiàoguǒ, shǐ kàngrì zhànzhēng nénggòu chángqī de jiānchí xiàqù. [Pinyin]

     Unprecedented results have been achieved by the great mass campaigns for pest extermination, flood control and disaster relief, thus making it possible to persevere in the protracted War of Resistance.