惨烈 (慘烈)
cǎn liè
Pinyin
Definition
惨烈 (慘烈)
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- bitter
- desperate
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 intense
- 2 (violently) strong
- 1 (of competition or fighting) intense
- 2 fierce
- 3 (of pain) acute
- 4 (of an expression of opinion) impassioned
- 5 vehement
- 6 (of a course of action) drastic
- 7 extreme
- 1 Liege, town in Belgium
- 1 raging inferno
- 2 blaze
- 1 resolute and upright in character
- 2 unyielding
- 3 staunch
Idioms (3)
烈火干柴
- 1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
- 2 fig. consuming passion between lovers
疾风知劲草,烈火见真金
- 1 the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
- 2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
兴高采烈
- 1 happy and excited (idiom)
- 2 in high spirits
- 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
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。
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.