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 吸血鬼 xī xuè guǐ leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers syn 残忍 殘忍 cán rěn cruel / mean / merciless / ruthless 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 残酷 殘酷 cán kù cruel / cruelty syn 猛虎 měng hǔ fierce tiger 猛烈 měng liè fierce / violent / vigorous / intense syn 勇猛 yǒng měng bold and powerful / brave and fierce syn 剧烈 劇烈 jù liè violent / acute / severe / fierce syn 凶猛 兇猛 xiōng měng fierce / violent / ferocious syn 凶狠 xiōng hěn cruel / vicious / fierce and malicious / vengeful syn 严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn 猛兽 猛獸 měng shòu ferocious beast / fierce animal syn 凶恶 凶惡 xiōng è variant of 兇惡|凶恶, fierce / ferocious / fiendish / frightening syn 激战 激戰 jī zhàn to fight fiercely / fierce battle syn 凶悍 兇悍 xiōng hàn violent / fierce and tough / shrewish (woman) syn 母老虎 mǔ lǎo hǔ tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen 狰狞 猙獰 zhēng níng malevolent / fierce / sinister syn 恶战 惡戰 è zhàn hard fighting / fierce battle syn 毒辣 dú là cruel / sinister / vicious syn 恶狠狠 惡狠狠 è hěn hěn very fierce syn 恶斗 惡鬥 è dòu hard fighting / fierce battle 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 暴烈 bào liè violent / fierce syn 猛将 猛將 měng jiàng fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual 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 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 搏杀 搏殺 bó shā to fight and kill / to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players) syn 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 武将 武將 wǔ jiàng general / military leader / fierce man syn 狼心狗肺 láng xīn gǒu fèi lit. heart of wolf and lungs of dog (idiom) / cruel and unscrupulous syn 横肉 橫肉 héng ròu fierce-looking 鹰派 鷹派 yīng pài hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers 凶巴巴 xiōng bā bā harsh / savage / fierce 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 毒 dú poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics syn 惨 慘 cǎn miserable / wretched / cruel / inhuman / disastrous / tragic / dim / gloomy syn 恶 惡 è evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm syn 凶 xiōng vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶[xiong1] syn 猛 měng ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome syn 狠 hěn ruthless / fierce / ferocious / determined / resolute / to harden (one's heart) / old variant of 很[hen3] syn 暴 bào sudden / violent / cruel / to show or expose / to injure syn 残 殘 cán to destroy / to spoil / to ruin / to injure / cruel / oppressive / savage / brutal / incomplete / disabled / to remain / to survive / remnant / surplus syn 激 jī to arouse / to incite / to excite / to stimulate / sharp / fierce / violent syn 烈 liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements syn 残酷无情 殘酷無情 cán kù wú qíng cruel and unfeeling (idiom) syn 荼 tú thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion 桀 jié (emperor of Xia dynasty) / cruel 狞 獰 níng fierce-looking 恶浪 惡浪 è làng violent wave / fierce billow / fig. depraved force 酷烈 kù liè intense / brutal / fierce syn 残虐 殘虐 cán nüè cruel / to treat cruelly 獠 liáo fierce / hunt / name of a tribe 鸷 鷙 zhì fierce / brutal / bird of prey 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 凌厉 凌厲 líng lì swift and fierce / fierce / forceful syn 虣 bào cruel / violent 凶戾 兇戾 xiōng lì cruel / tyrannical 反酷刑折磨公约 反酷刑折磨公約 fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988) 商纣王 商紂王 shāng zhòu wáng King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant 心毒 xīn dú cruel / vicious 惨毒 慘毒 cǎn dú cruel / vicious syn 桀王 jié wáng King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant 酷刑折磨 kù xíng zhé mó torture and cruel treatment 伊斯坦布尔议定书 伊斯坦布爾議定書 yī sī tǎn bù ěr yì dìng shū Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Istanbul Protocol 防范小组委员会 防範小組委員會 Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture 罗本岛指导方针 羅本島指導方針 Guidelines and Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa / Robben Island Guidelines 虎毒不食子 hǔ dú bù shí zǐ a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom) / even wild beasts look after their young 毒刑 dú xíng torture / cruel corporal punishment syn 伭 xián (literary) cruel / ruthless / (literary) dark red / black 惨酷 慘酷 cǎn kù (literary) cruel / savage / merciless 血淋淋 xiě lín lín bloody / blood-soaked / gory / grisly / cruel / brutal / harsh / grim / bitter syn 暴戾恣睢 bào lì - zì suī (idiom) cruel / ruthless / tyrannical syn 豺狼虎豹 chái - láng - hǔ - bào lit. jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom) / fig. nasty, cruel people syn 阎王 閻王 yán wang (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell / (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person 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 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 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 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 