#exo forever

熄灭   xímiè   to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out    

熄：to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end：                semantic 火 (pictographic representation of a fire, huǒ) + phonetic 息               (自 “nose” + 心 “heart” – to breath (life) through one’s nose, breathe, xī)  

灭：to extinguish or put out：simplified from 滅：semantic 氵“water” + phonetic 烕 “destroy” (miè) – to destroy with water. 烕 considered to be an ideogrammic compound: 戌 “ninth month” + 火 “fire”, probably alluding to a passage in Huainanzi (an ancient Chinese text that consists of a collection of essays that blends Daoist, Confucianist, Buddhist and Legalist concepts):           火生於寅，壯於午，死於戌                          [Classical Chinese, trad.]       Huǒ shēng yú yín, zhuàng yú wǔ, sǐ yú xū      Fire is born in the first month, is strong in the fifth month,       and dies in the ninth month.

  水会流失，火会熄灭，而爱情却能和命运抗衡。   Water will run off, the fire will go out, but love can compete with fate.

尽头 jìntóu end / extremity / limit

尽：to use up / to end / to finish：simplified from 盡 “to end” (jìn)

头：head / hair style / the top / beginning or end：simplified from 頭 - phono-semantic compound: phonetic 豆 (some kind of container, dòu)  + semantic 頁 (head of a kneeling person, emphasising “head”, yè)

  蓝蓝的天空仿佛是一片没有尽头的大海。   The blue sky is like a sea without end.

绝对 juéduì absolute / unconditional

绝：to cut short / to disappear / to vanish：simplified from 絕 - phono-semantic compound: semantic 糹(pictogram “silk”, mì) + semantic 刀 (pictogram “knife”, dāo) + phonetic 巴 (pictogram of a a kneeling person, jié) — to cut silk threads.

对：right / correct / opposite /to match together / to adjust / to fit：simplified from 對 (duì) (more about this character)

  世界上绝对静止的东西是没有的。   There is nothing in the world that is absolutely static.

重演 chóngyǎn a repeat performance / repeat occurrence 

重：to repeat / repetition / again / re-: from phono-semantic compound: semantic 人 (side view of a standing man, highlighting the arms and legs, “man”, rén) + phonetic 東 (”bag”，dōng). Also ideogrammic compound – a man carrying a bag. Another pronunciation: zhòng - heavy.

演： to practice / to perform / to play / to act: phono-semantic compound: semantic 氵“water”  + phonetic 寅 (yín).