越演越烈
yuè yǎn yuè liè
Pinyin
Definition
越演越烈
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- to be intensifying
- to be getting worse and worse
- to start to run rampant
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to pass through
- 2 to traverse
- 3 to cross
- 1 play
- 2 show
- 3 performance
- 4 exhibition
- 5 to perform
- 6 to act
- 7 to demonstrate
- 8 classifier: 场 chǎng
- 1 generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
- 2 abbr. for Vietnam 越南
- 1 more and more
- 1 to screen (a movie)
- 2 to stage (a play)
- 3 a screening
- 4 a staging
Idioms (10)
吴越同舟
- 1 Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals
- 2 to collaborate towards a common end
- 3 in the same boat together
巴山越岭
- 1 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
- 2 good at climbing mountains
杀人越货
- 1 to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
沙盘推演
- 1 to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
- 2 to rehearse a planned action or activity
- 3 to conduct a dry run
烈火干柴
- 1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
- 2 fig. consuming passion between lovers