越演越烈
yuè yǎn yuè liè
Pinyin

Definition

越演越烈
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yuè yǎn yuè liè
  1. to be intensifying
  2. to be getting worse and worse
  3. to start to run rampant

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

穿越
chuān yuè
  1. 1 to pass through
  2. 2 to traverse
  3. 3 to cross
表演
biǎo yǎn
  1. 1 play
  2. 2 show
  3. 3 performance
  4. 4 exhibition
  5. 5 to perform
  6. 6 to act
  7. 7 to demonstrate
  8. 8 CL:場|场[chǎng]
越
Yuè
  1. 1 generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
  2. 2 abbr. for Vietnam 越南
越来越
yuè lái yuè
  1. 1 more and more
上演
shàng yǎn
  1. 1 to screen (a movie)
  2. 2 to stage (a play)
  3. 3 a screening
  4. 4 a staging
主演
zhǔ yǎn
  1. 1 to act the leading role (in a movie or a play)
  2. 2 to star
  3. 3 lead actor
出演
chū yǎn
  1. 1 to appear (in a show etc)
  2. 2 an appearance (on stage etc)
剧烈
jù liè
  1. 1 violent
  2. 2 acute
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 fierce
卓越
zhuó yuè
  1. 1 outstanding
  2. 2 surpassing
  3. 3 distinguished
  4. 4 splendid
导演
dǎo yǎn
  1. 1 to direct
  2. 2 director (film etc)
强烈
qiáng liè
  1. 1 intense
  2. 2 (violently) strong
惨烈
cǎn liè
  1. 1 bitter
  2. 2 desperate
扮演
bàn yǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of
  2. 2 to act
演
yǎn
  1. 1 to develop
  2. 2 to evolve
  3. 3 to practice
  4. 4 to perform
  5. 5 to play
  6. 6 to act
演出
yǎn chū
  1. 1 to act (in a play)
  2. 2 to perform
  3. 3 to put on (a performance)
  4. 4 performance
  5. 5 concert
  6. 6 show
  7. 7 CL:場|场[chǎng],次[cì]
演员
yǎn yuán
  1. 1 actor or actress
  2. 2 performer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
演唱
yǎn chàng
  1. 1 sung performance
  2. 2 to sing for an audience
演唱会
yǎn chàng huì
  1. 1 vocal recital or concert
演奏
yǎn zòu
  1. 1 to perform on a musical instrument
演戏
yǎn xì
  1. 1 to put on a play
  2. 2 to perform
  3. 3 fig. to pretend
  4. 4 to feign

Idioms (10)

吴越同舟
Wú Yuè tóng zhōu
  1. 1 Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals
  2. 2 to collaborate towards a common end
  3. 3 in the same boat together
巴山越岭
bā shān yuè lǐng
  1. 1 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
  2. 2 good at climbing mountains
杀人越货
shā rén yuè huò
  1. 1 to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
  1. 1 to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
  2. 2 to rehearse a planned action or activity
  3. 3 to conduct a dry run
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
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
翻山越岭
fān shān yuè lǐng
  1. 1 to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey
兴高采烈
xìng gāo cǎi liè
  1. 1 happy and excited (idiom)
  2. 2 in high spirits
  3. 3 in great delight
越俎代庖
yuè zǔ dài páo
  1. 1 lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs
  2. 2 to take matters into one's own hands
蹿房越脊
cuān fáng yuè jǐ
  1. 1 lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 俠客|侠客 in fiction)

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