| 消灭 | xiāo miè | to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory) |   |
| 湮灭 | yīn miè | to destroy / to disappear / annihilation | |
| 断灭 | duàn miè | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) | |
| 断灭论 | duàn miè lùn | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) | |
| 纸上谈兵 | zhǐ shàng tán bīng | lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC | |
| 横扫千军 | héng sǎo qiān jūn | total annihilation | |
| 赵括 | Zhào Kuò | Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC / also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子[Ma3 Fu2 zi3] | |
| 马服子 | Mǎ Fú zǐ | Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC / also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] | |
