灭顶

Traditional form:

滅頂

Pinyin (reading):

mièdǐng

Definitions:

• to be drowned (figurative and literal)

Characters:

• 灭 - to extinguish; to wipe out
• 顶 - top, summit, peak; to carry on the head

Traditional characters:

• 滅 - to extinguish; to wipe out
• 頂 - top, summit, peak; to carry on the head