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 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 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 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 醋意 cù yì jealousy (in love rivalry) 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 武将 武將 wǔ jiàng general / military leader / fierce man 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 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 激 jī to arouse / to incite / to excite / to stimulate / sharp / fierce / violent syn 醋 cù vinegar / jealousy (in love rivalry) syn 烈 liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements syn 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 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 凌厉 凌厲 líng lì swift and fierce / fierce / forceful syn 非竞争性 非競爭性 fēi jìng zhēng xìng non-rivalry 亦敌亦友 亦敵亦友 yì dí yì yǒu (idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other / to have a friendly rivalry 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 