1 word

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 bitter cold

2 severe winter

1 strict

2 stringent

3 tight

4 rigorous

1 solemn

2 grave

3 serious

4 earnest

5 severe

1 grave

2 serious

3 severe

4 critical

1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

1 to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery

1 each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf

1 to equivocate

2 to talk evasively (idiom)

1 to be strict with oneself (idiom)

2 to demand a lot of oneself