破 灭

pòmiè

“To be shattered” in Chinese is 破灭 (pòmiè).

Meaning

to be shattered
to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)

Example

他的希望渐渐破灭了。

His hopes faded.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

pòHSK 310 strokesbroken mièHSK 65 strokesto extinguish or put out

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