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

Related Words (20)

chuān yuè
  1. 1 to pass through
  2. 2 to traverse
  3. 3 to cross
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 classifier: 场 chǎng
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
yuè lái yuè
  1. 1 more and more
shàng yǎn
  1. 1 to screen (a movie)
  2. 2 to stage (a play)
  3. 3 a screening
  4. 4 a staging

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