猛烈
měng liè
Pinyin

Definition

猛烈
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měng liè
  1. fierce
  2. violent (criticism etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
烈日
Liè rì
  1. 1 Liege, town in Belgium
烈火
liè huǒ
  1. 1 raging inferno
  2. 2 blaze
猛
měng
  1. 1 ferocious
  2. 2 fierce
  3. 3 violent
  4. 4 brave
  5. 5 suddenly
  6. 6 abrupt
  7. 7 (slang) awesome

Idioms (7)

洪水猛兽
hóng shuǐ měng shòu
  1. 1 lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. great scourges
  3. 3 extremely dangerous or threatening things
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
苛政猛于虎
kē zhèng měng yú hǔ
  1. 1 tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger (idiom)

Sample Sentences

很乖。话说回来，最好的情况还是台风规模不要太猛烈，带来的伤害越小越好，大家都平安。
hěn guāi 。huàshuōhuílai ，zuìhǎo de qíngkuàng háishì táifēng guīmó bù yào tài měngliè ，dàilái de shānghài yuè xiǎoyuè hǎo ，dàjiā dōu píng ān 。
Good boy. Getting back to the topic though, it is best that typhoons aren't so violent, so that the damage they do is as minimal as possible, and everyone stays safe.
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