太 tài highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely syn 死 sǐ to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned syn 极了 極了 jí le extremely / exceedingly syn 十分 shí fēn very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts syn 极 極 jí extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top syn 异常 異常 yì cháng unusual / abnormal / extremely / exceptionally syn 极度 極度 jí dù extremely syn 极其 極其 jí qí extremely syn 要命 yào mìng to cause sb's death / extremely / terribly / (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance syn 万分 萬分 wàn fēn very much / extremely / one ten thousandth part syn 不得了 bù dé liǎo desperately serious / disastrous / extremely / exceedingly syn 忙碌 máng lù busy / bustling syn 至极 至極 zhì jí extremely syn 不堪 bù kān cannot bear / cannot stand / utterly / extremely syn 极为 極為 jí wéi extremely / exceedingly syn 足足 zú zú fully / no less than / as much as / extremely syn 团团转 團團轉 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy syn 忙于 忙於 máng yú busy with syn 微小 wēi xiǎo minute (i.e. extremely small) / infinitesimal syn 筋疲力尽 筋疲力盡 jīn pí lì jìn body weary, strength exhausted (idiom) / extremely tired / spent 忙活 máng huo to be really busy / pressing business 繁忙 fán máng busy / bustling syn 无暇 無暇 wú xiá too busy / to have no time for / fully occupied syn 千载难逢 千載難逢 qiān zǎi nán féng extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon syn 艰巨 艱巨 jiān jù (of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult / challenging / demanding syn 不可开交 不可開交 bù kě kāi jiāo to be awfully (busy etc) syn 剧毒 劇毒 jù dú highly toxic / extremely poisonous 绝顶 絕頂 jué dǐng (lit. and fig.) summit / peak / extremely / utterly syn 倍感 bèi gǎn to feel even more (lonely etc) / to be extremely (sad, delighted etc) syn 闻所未闻 聞所未聞 wén suǒ wèi wén unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event syn 不胜 不勝 bù shèng cannot bear or stand / be unequal to / very / extremely syn 巴巴 bā bā (suffix) very / extremely 占线 佔線 zhàn xiàn busy (telephone line) syn 渊博 淵博 yuān bó erudite / profound / learned / extremely knowledgeable syn 天价 天價 tiān jià extremely expensive / sky-high price 非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important / no small matter syn 惨绝人寰 慘絕人寰 cǎn jué rén huán extremely tragic (idiom) / with unprecedented brutality syn 生怕 shēng pà to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to syn 热泪盈眶 熱淚盈眶 rè lèi yíng kuàng eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom) / extremely moved syn 旺季 wàng jì busy season / peak period / see also 淡季[dan4 ji4] 静悄悄 靜悄悄 jìng qiāo qiāo extremely quiet syn 不亦乐乎 不亦樂乎 bù yì lè hū lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius) / fig. (jocular) extremely / awfully syn 腰缠万贯 腰纏萬貫 yāo chán wàn guàn lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom) / carrying lots of money / extremely wealthy / loaded syn 弱不禁风 弱不禁風 ruò bù jīn fēng lit. too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom) / fig. extremely delicate / fragile syn 疲于奔命 疲於奔命 pí yú bēn mìng (idiom) terribly busy / up to one's ears in work syn 大吉 dà jí very auspicious / extremely lucky syn 寸步难行 寸步難行 cùn bù nán xíng unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation syn 奔忙 bēn máng to be busy rushing about / to bustle about syn 哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears syn 毕恭毕敬 畢恭畢敬 bì gōng bì jìng reverent and respectful / extremely deferential syn 万般 萬般 wàn bān every kind / manifold / extremely syn 珍重 zhēn zhòng precious / extremely valuable / (honorific) Please take good care of yourself! syn 漫无边际 漫無邊際 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic syn 高难 高難 gāo nán extremely difficult / hard and dangerous / challenging syn 酷暑 kù shǔ intense heat / extremely hot weather syn 生疼 shēng téng extremely painful syn 巨幅 jù fú extremely large (of paintings, photographs etc) 万难 萬難 wàn nán countless difficulties / extremely difficult / against all odds 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 千差万别 千差萬別 qiān chā wàn bié (idiom) extremely diverse / to vary greatly syn 凤仙花 鳳仙花 fèng xiān huā balsam / Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina) / touch-me-not / busy Lizzie syn 愤愤 憤憤 fèn fèn extremely angry syn 门庭若市 門庭若市 mén tíng ruò shì front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) / a place with many visitors syn 农忙 農忙 nóng máng busy farming season syn 要死 yào sǐ extremely / awfully 万丈 萬丈 wàn zhàng lit. ten thousand fathoms / fig. extremely high or deep / lofty / bottomless syn 甚为 甚為 shèn wéi very / extremely syn 极少数 極少數 jí shǎo shù extremely few / a small minority 极小 極小 jí xiǎo minimal / extremely small 太忙 tài máng too busy 之至 zhī zhì extremely 百忙 bǎi máng busy schedule 煞是 shà shì extremely / very syn 炙热 炙熱 zhì rè extremely hot (weather) / blazing (sun) / (fig.) burning (enthusiasm) 好整以暇 hào zhěng yǐ xiá to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom) syn 不暇 bù xiá to have no time (for sth) / to be too busy (to do sth) syn 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 潘岳 pān yuè Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man" 耄耋 mào dié extremely aged / gray and venerable 杀 殺 shā to kill / to slay / to murder / to attack / to weaken / to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely syn 忙 máng busy / hurriedly / to hurry / to rush syn 挤 擠 jǐ to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule) syn 贼 賊 zéi thief / traitor / wily / deceitful / evil / extremely syn 精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn 穷 窮 qióng poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly syn 甚 shèn excessive / undue / to exceed / to be more than / very / extremely / (dialect) what / whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2]) syn 至关重要 至關重要 zhì guān zhòng yào extremely important / vital / crucial / essential syn 大忙人 dà máng rén busy bee / very busy person 有加 yǒu jiā extremely (placed after verb or adjective) 殊 shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn 寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled syn 胆大包天 膽大包天 dǎn dà bāo tiān reckless / extremely daring syn 崭 嶄 zhǎn towering / prominent / very / extremely / (dialect) marvelous / excellent syn 铁树开花 鐵樹開花 tiě shù kāi huā lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence syn 连襟 連襟 lián jīn husbands of sisters / brothers-in-law / extremely close (of a relationship) syn 形影相吊 形影相弔 xíng yǐng xiāng diào with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely syn 极有可能 極有可能 jí yǒu kě néng extremely possible / probable 急如星火 jí rú xīng huǒ lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom) / requiring immediate action / extremely urgent syn 郅 zhì extremely / very 