惨烈 (慘烈)
cǎn liè
Pinyin

Definition

惨烈 (慘烈)
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cǎn liè
  1. bitter
  2. desperate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

qiáng liè
  1. 1 intense
  2. 2 (violently) strong
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
Liè rì
  1. 1 Liege, town in Belgium
liè huǒ
  1. 1 raging inferno
  2. 2 blaze
gāng liè
  1. 1 resolute and upright in character
  2. 2 unyielding
  3. 3 staunch

Idioms (3)

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
兴高采烈
xìng gāo cǎi liè
  1. 1 happy and excited (idiom)
  2. 2 in high spirits
  3. 3 in great delight

Sample Sentences

中国人民抗日战争和世界反法西斯战争,是正义和邪恶、光明和黑暗、进步和反动的大决战在那场惨烈的战争中,中国人民抗日战争开始时间最早、持续时间最长
Zhōngguó rénmín KàngRìZhànzhēng hé shìjiè fǎn fǎxīsī zhànzhēng ,shì zhèngyì hé xiéè 、guāngmíng hé hēiàn 、jìnbù hé fǎndòng de dà juézhàn zài nà chǎng cǎnliè de zhànzhēng zhōng ,Zhōngguó rénmín KàngRìZhànzhēng kāishǐ shíjiān zuì zǎo 、chíxùshíjiān zuì cháng
The Chinese People’s War Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War were decisive battles between justice and evil, the light and the dark, progress and reactionism. In that terrible war, the Chinese People’s War Against Japanese Aggression started first and lasted the longest.
真的。不过,你的GPA不够高,GRE和托福成绩也不算很好。牛校竞争会很惨烈,要想提高成功率,还要再费些功夫。
zhēnde 。bùguò ,nǐ de GPA bùgòu gāo ,GRE hé tuōfú chéngjì yě bù suàn hěn hǎo 。niúxiào jìngzhēng huì hěn cǎnliè ,yàoxiǎng tígāo chénggōnglǜ ,hái yào zài fèi xiē gōngfu 。
Really. However, your GPA isn't high enough, and your GRE and TOEFL scores also aren't all that good. The competition at top schools is brutal. If you want to raise your chances of being accepted, you'll need to do some work.