凌厉 凌厲 líng lì swift and fierce / fierce / forceful syn 诡计多端 詭計多端 guǐ jì duō duān deceitful in many ways (idiom) / wily and mischievous / full of craft and cunning syn 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 白骨精 bái gǔ jīng White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]) / (fig.) sly and cunning person syn 油嘴 yóu zuǐ eloquent and cunning / silver tongued syn 锦囊妙计 錦囊妙計 jǐn náng miào jì brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom) / bag of tricks / fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag) syn 勇略 yǒng lüè brave and cunning 鬼计多端 鬼計多端 guǐ jì duō duān full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom) / sly / crafty / malicious 勇猛 yǒng měng bold and powerful / brave and fierce syn 蛮悍 蠻悍 mán hàn rude and violent / fierce and reckless 机械 機械 jī xiè machine / machinery / mechanical / (old) cunning / scheming syn 狡猾 jiǎo huá crafty / cunning / sly syn 狡诈 狡詐 jiǎo zhà crafty / cunning / deceitful syn 老狐狸 lǎo hú li old fox / fig. cunning person syn 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 九头鸟 九頭鳥 jiǔ tóu niǎo legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person 机巧 機巧 jī qiǎo cunning / dexterous / ingenious syn 老奸巨猾 lǎo jiān jù huá cunning / crafty / wily old fox syn 油 yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning syn 狡 jiǎo crafty / cunning / sly 姣 jiāo cunning / pretty 狯 獪 kuài crafty / cunning 花花肠子 花花腸子 huā huā cháng zi (slang) a cunning plot syn 毚 chán cunning / artful 孅 xiān cunning / slender 白鼻子 bái bí zi cunning or sly person 穷竭心计 窮竭心計 qióng jié xīn jì to remain cunning even though exhausted (idiom) syn 奸狡 jiān jiǎo devious / cunning 巧诈不如拙诚 巧詐不如拙誠 qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéng the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy 鸡贼 雞賊 jī zéi (dialect) stingy / miserly / crafty / cunning 狡狯 狡獪 jiǎo kuài (literary) crafty / cunning syn 凶狠 xiōng hěn cruel / vicious / fierce and malicious / vengeful syn 凶悍 兇悍 xiōng hàn violent / fierce and tough / shrewish (woman) syn 搏杀 搏殺 bó shā to fight and kill / to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players) 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 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 凶顽 兇頑 xiōng wán fierce and uncontrollable 恶狠 惡狠 è hěn fierce and vicious 狞恶可怖 獰惡可怖 níng è kě bù of fierce and terrifying appearance (idiom) 雄长 雄長 xióng zhǎng fierce and ambitious character / formidable person 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 猛虎 měng hǔ fierce tiger 武将 武將 wǔ jiàng general / military leader / fierce man 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 猛将 猛將 měng jiàng fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual 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 母老虎 mǔ lǎo hǔ tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen 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 恶浪 惡浪 è làng violent wave / fierce billow / fig. depraved force 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 犺 kàng fierce dog 㹴 gěng fierce dog 凶狂 兇狂 xiōng kuáng fierce / ferocious / savage syn 两虎相争 兩虎相爭 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries 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 熊罴 熊羆 xióng pí fierce fighters / valiant warriors 狠巴巴 hěn bā bā very fierce 罴虎 羆虎 pí hǔ fierce animals 駻 hàn (of horse) fierce / wild 虎起脸 虎起臉 hǔ qǐ liǎn to take a fierce look 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 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 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn 诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others 及其 jí qí (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ... / and their ... / and his ... / and her ... syn 