烈
Meanings
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- 1.ardent
- 2.intense
- 3.fierce
- 4.stern
- 5.upright
- 6.to give one's life for a noble cause
- 7.exploits
- 8.achievements
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Wiktionary
- 1.fiery; blazing
- 2.intense; fierce
- 3.bright; brilliant
- 4.to burn
- 5.vehement; ardent; extreme
- 6.staunch; upright; strong
- 7.person who dies for a special cause; martyr
- 8.merits; exploits; achievements
- 9.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *red): phonetic 列 (OC *red) + semantic 灬 (“fire”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
这种威士忌太烈了。
This whisky is too strong.
这种威士忌太烈了。
This whisky is very strong.
他有強烈的責任感。
He has a strong sense of responsibility.
她強烈反對我的計畫。
She has a strong objection to my plan.
他們的房屋被強烈地震摧毀了。
They had their houses destroyed by a strong earthquake.
很明顯的是這兩者之間有很強烈的分歧。
It's clear that there's a rather strong disagreement between the two.
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Derived terms
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Related words
强烈 strong; intense激烈 (of competition or fighting) intense热烈 enthusiastic猛烈 fierce; violent; vigorous; intense剧烈 violent; acute; severe; fierce烈士 martyr壮烈 brave炽烈 burning fiercely烈焰 raging flames烈屿 Liehyu township in Kinmen County 金门县[Jīn mén xiàn] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan暴烈 violent功烈 achievement