毀屍滅跡

毀屍滅跡

Chinese

		to destroy; to damage; to ruin	corpse	extinguish	footprint; mark; trace footprint; mark; trace; vestige; sign; indication
trad. (毀屍滅跡)		毀	屍	滅	跡
simp. (毁尸灭迹)		毁	尸	灭	迹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǐshīmièjì, huǐshīmièjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄕ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧˋ, ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄕ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² si¹ mit⁶ zik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: huǐshīmièjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄕ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoeishymiehjih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěishihmièjì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mjɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: huǐshīmièjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄕ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoeishymiehji
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěishihmièji
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mjɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai² si¹ mit⁶ zik¹
    • Yale: wái sī miht jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² si¹ mit⁹ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² xi¹ mid⁶ jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ siː⁵⁵ miːt̚² t͡sɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

毀屍滅跡

1. (literally) to destroy the corpse after a killing to destroy the evidence of one's crime
2. (by extension) to destroy the evidence of one's crime