衰亡 shuāi wáng — to decline/to die out/decline and fall

衰亡
shuāi wáng

Characters: 衰 · 亡

Definitions

  1. to decline/to die out/decline and fall

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. to decline
  2. to die out
  3. decline and fall

ExtDict

  1. 衰落灭亡。

Examples

  • 用铜做镜子，可以整理好一个人的穿戴；用别人作自己的镜子，可以知道自己每一天的得失；用历史作为镜子，可以知道历史上的兴盛衰亡。

    With bronze as a mirror one can dress neatly; with the example of another person one can see the advantages and disadvantages of himself; from the mirror of history one can know the reason for the rise and fall of states.