凌厉 凌厲 líng lì swift and fierce / fierce / forceful syn 姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach 凶悍 兇悍 xiōng hàn violent / fierce and tough / shrewish (woman) syn 猛将 猛將 měng jiàng fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual syn 洪水猛兽 洪水猛獸 hóng shuǐ měng shòu lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) / fig. great scourges / extremely dangerous or threatening things syn 恶浪 惡浪 è làng violent wave / fierce billow / fig. depraved force 两虎相争 兩虎相爭 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries 折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat 调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities syn 产妇 產婦 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth syn 巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) syn 女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn 慰安妇 慰安婦 wèi ān fù comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 "ianfu") 娉婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman syn 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 女杰 女傑 nǚ jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected syn 婧 jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented 剩女 shèng nǚ "leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single) 女生外向 nǚ shēng wài xiàng a woman is born to leave her family (idiom) / a woman's heart is with her husband 正妹 zhèng mèi (Tw) beautiful woman / sexy woman 良家女子 liáng jiā nǚ zǐ woman from a respectable family / respectable woman 孤男寡女 gū nán guǎ nǚ a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting) 异女 異女 yì nǚ (Tw) heterosexual woman / straight woman 雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn 夫唱妇随 夫唱婦隨 fū chàng fù suí fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 剧烈 劇烈 jù liè violent / acute / severe / fierce syn 猛烈 měng liè fierce / violent / vigorous / intense syn 激战 激戰 jī zhàn to fight fiercely / fierce battle syn 凶猛 兇猛 xiōng měng fierce / violent / ferocious syn 狰狞 猙獰 zhēng níng malevolent / fierce / sinister syn 恶狠狠 惡狠狠 è hěn hěn very fierce syn 凶狠 xiōng hěn cruel / vicious / fierce and malicious / vengeful syn 猛虎 měng hǔ fierce tiger 武将 武將 wǔ jiàng general / military leader / fierce man syn 勇猛 yǒng měng bold and powerful / brave and fierce syn 凶恶 凶惡 xiōng è variant of 兇惡|凶恶, fierce / ferocious / fiendish / frightening syn 猛兽 猛獸 měng shòu ferocious beast / fierce animal syn 搏杀 搏殺 bó shā to fight and kill / to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players) syn 恶战 惡戰 è zhàn hard fighting / fierce battle syn 恶斗 惡鬥 è dòu hard fighting / fierce battle 暴烈 bào liè violent / fierce syn 鹰派 鷹派 yīng pài hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers 剽悍 piāo hàn swift and fierce syn 凶巴巴 xiōng bā bā harsh / savage / fierce 短兵相接 duǎn bīng xiāng jiē lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom) / fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters syn 龙争虎斗 龍爭虎鬥 lóng zhēng hǔ dòu lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom) / fierce battle between giants syn 横肉 橫肉 héng ròu fierce-looking 你争我夺 你爭我奪 nǐ zhēng wǒ duó lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom) / to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war 色厉内荏 色厲內荏 sè lì nèi rěn lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom) / appearing fierce while cowardly at heart / a sheep in wolf's clothing 酷烈 kù liè intense / brutal / fierce syn 激 jī to arouse / to incite / to excite / to stimulate / sharp / fierce / violent syn 恶 惡 è evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm syn 烈 liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements syn 毒 dú poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics syn 猛 měng ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome syn 凶 xiōng vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶[xiong1] syn 狠 hěn ruthless / fierce / ferocious / determined / resolute / to harden (one's heart) / old variant of 很[hen3] syn 狞 獰 níng fierce-looking 獠 liáo fierce / hunt / name of a tribe 鸷 鷙 zhì fierce / brutal / bird of prey 趮 zào easily provoked, hasty / fierce, cruel 豺狼虎豹 chái láng hǔ bào jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom) / animals who are dangerous to man and cattle / fierce and cruel people syn 犺 kàng fierce dog 㹴 gěng fierce dog 凶狂 兇狂 xiōng kuáng fierce / ferocious / savage syn 凶顽 兇頑 xiōng wán fierce and uncontrollable 凶惡 xiōng è variant of 兇惡|凶恶, fierce / ferocious / fiendish / frightening 威烈 wēi liè fierce / formidable 恶仗 惡仗 è zhàng hard fighting / fierce battle 恶凶凶 惡兇兇 è xiōng xiōng fierce 恶恶实实 惡惡實實 è è shí shí very fierce 恶狠 惡狠 è hěn fierce and vicious 熊罴 熊羆 xióng pí fierce fighters / valiant warriors 狠巴巴 hěn bā bā very fierce 狞恶可怖 獰惡可怖 níng è kě bù of fierce and terrifying appearance (idiom) 罴虎 羆虎 pí hǔ fierce animals 蛮悍 蠻悍 mán hàn rude and violent / fierce and reckless 雄长 雄長 xióng zhǎng fierce and ambitious character / formidable person 駻 hàn (of horse) fierce / wild 虎起脸 虎起臉 hǔ qǐ liǎn to take a fierce look 刁悍 diāo hàn cunning and fierce syn 煋 xīng (literary) (of a fire) fierce / intense / blazing / (literary) to radiate light in all directions 负隅顽抗 負隅頑抗 fù yú - wán kàng (idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded / to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat syn 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 细腰 細腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin 倾国倾城 傾國傾城 qīng guó qīng chéng lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful / also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2] syn 女将 女將 nǚ jiàng female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise syn 花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman) syn 秋波 qiū bō autumn ripples / (fig.) luminous eyes of a woman / amorous glance syn 小媳妇 小媳婦 xiǎo xí fu young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride 粉黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman 蛾眉 é méi (fig.) beautiful woman syn 品头论足 品頭論足 pǐn tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical syn 春笋 春筍 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate syn 盐碱地 鹽鹼地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman syn 残花败柳 殘花敗柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman 