威烈
wēi liè
Pinyin

Definition

威烈
 - 
wēi liè
  1. fierce
  2. formidable

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

威尼斯
Wēi ní sī
  1. 1 Venice
  2. 2 Venezia
威武
wēi wǔ
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable
威胁
wēi xié
  1. 1 to threaten
  2. 2 to menace
强烈
qiáng liè
  1. 1 intense
  2. 2 (violently) strong
激烈
jī liè
  1. 1 (of competition or fighting) intense
  2. 2 fierce
  3. 3 (of pain) acute
  4. 4 (of an expression of opinion) impassioned
  5. 5 vehement
  6. 6 (of a course of action) drastic
  7. 7 extreme
烈
liè
  1. 1 ardent
  2. 2 intense
  3. 3 fierce
  4. 4 stern
  5. 5 upright
  6. 6 to give one's life for a noble cause
  7. 7 exploits
  8. 8 achievements
烈日
Liè rì
  1. 1 Liege, town in Belgium
烈火
liè huǒ
  1. 1 raging inferno
  2. 2 blaze
热烈
rè liè
  1. 1 enthusiastic
  2. 2 ardent
  3. 3 warm
轰轰烈烈
hōng hōng liè liè
  1. 1 strong
  2. 2 vigorous
  3. 3 large-scale
刚烈
gāng liè
  1. 1 resolute and upright in character
  2. 2 unyielding
  3. 3 staunch
剧烈
jù liè
  1. 1 violent
  2. 2 acute
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 fierce
助威
zhù wēi
  1. 1 to cheer for
  2. 2 to encourage
  3. 3 to boost the morale of
壮烈
zhuàng liè
  1. 1 brave
  2. 2 heroic
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
威
wēi
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 might
  3. 3 prestige
威信
Wēi xìn
  1. 1 Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhāo tōng], Yunnan
威力
wēi lì
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable power
威严
wēi yán
  1. 1 dignified
  2. 2 imposing
  3. 3 august
  4. 4 awe-inspiring
  5. 5 awe
  6. 6 prestige
  7. 7 dignity
威士忌
wēi shì jì
  1. 1 whiskey (loanword)

Idioms (9)

作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ
  1. 1 to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
威震天下
wēi zhèn tiān xià
  1. 1 to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
  1. 1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái
  1. 1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
  2. 2 fig. consuming passion between lovers
狐假虎威
hú jiǎ hǔ wēi
  1. 1 lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
疾风知劲草，烈火见真金
jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn
  1. 1 the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
  2. 2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
耀武扬威
yào wǔ yáng wēi
  1. 1 to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around
  2. 2 to bluff
  3. 3 to bluster
兴高采烈
xìng gāo cǎi liè
  1. 1 happy and excited (idiom)
  2. 2 in high spirits
  3. 3 in great delight

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