严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave / serious / severe / critical 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 严肃 嚴肅 yán sù (of an atmosphere etc) solemn / grave / serious / (of a manner etc) earnest / severe / exacting / to strictly enforce syn 严厉 嚴厲 yán lì severe / strict syn 苛刻 kē kè harsh / severe / demanding syn 萨斯 薩斯 sà sī SARS / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 剧烈 劇烈 jù liè violent / acute / severe / fierce syn 严峻 嚴峻 yán jùn grim / severe / rigorous syn 严酷 嚴酷 yán kù bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition) syn 干旱 乾旱 gān hàn drought / arid / dry syn 重度 zhòng dù serious / severe 变本加厉 變本加厲 biàn běn jiā lì lit. change to more severe (idiom) / to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify syn 严寒 嚴寒 yán hán bitter cold / severe winter syn 非典 fēi diǎn atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS 严冬 嚴冬 yán dōng severe winter syn 旱灾 旱災 hàn zāi drought 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 严打 嚴打 yán dǎ to crack down on / to take severe measures against 百年不遇 bǎi nián bù yù only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) syn 旱情 hàn qíng drought conditions 非典型肺炎 fēi diǎn xíng fèi yán atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS 抗旱 kàng hàn drought-resistant / to weather a drought 优生 優生 yōu shēng outstanding student / to give birth to healthy babies (typically involving prenatal screening and the abortion of offspring with a severe abnormality) / to enhance the genetic quality of a population / eugenics 轻者 輕者 qīng zhě less serious case / in less severe cases 严苛 嚴苛 yán kē severe / harsh syn 重典 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws 邪乎 xié hu extraordinary / severe / exaggerated / overstated / fantastic / incredible syn 剧 劇 jù theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe syn 严 嚴 yán tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father syn 苛 kē severe / exacting syn 旱 hàn drought syn 上刑 shàng xíng severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture syn 厉 厲 lì strict / severe 峻 jùn (of mountains) high / harsh or severe syn 凛 凜 lǐn cold / to shiver with cold / to tremble with fear / afraid / apprehensive / strict / stern / severe / austere / awe-inspiring / imposing / majestic syn 旱涝保收 旱澇保收 hàn lào bǎo shōu to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood / to bring a stable income 魃 bá drought demon 沙士 shā shì (loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink) / (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) 问罪之师 問罪之師 wèn zuì zhī shī punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach 悲声载道 悲聲載道 bēi shēng zài dào lamentations fill the roads (idiom) / severe suffering all around 水清无鱼 水清無魚 shuǐ qīng wú yú lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom) / fig. one who is too severe has no friends 煝 mèi be radiant / flaming / drought 荒旱 huāng hàn drought and famine 旱象 hàn xiàng drought 非洲干旱适应论坛 African Drought Adaptation Forum 非洲干旱风险与发展网 African Drought Risk and Development Network 大非洲之角旱灾问题特使 Special Envoy on the Drought in the Greater Horn of Africa 南部非洲紧急抗旱联合呼吁 Consolidated Appeal for the Drought Emergency in Southern Africa 南部非洲干旱紧急状况方桉 南部非洲幹旱緊急狀況方案 Drought Emergency in Southern Africa 荒漠化、土地退化和干旱 荒漠化、土地退化和幹旱 desertification, land degradation and drought 防治荒漠化和抗旱基金 Trust Fund to Combat Desertification and Drought 帕姆干旱程度指数 Palmer Drought Severity Index 设立萨赫勒国家间抗旱常设委员会公约 Convention establishing the Permanent Inter-State Drought Control Committee for the Sahel 耐旱品种 drought-resistant variety 易遭旱灾地区 drought-prone area 抗旱工作 kàng hàn gōng zuò drought-related activities 遭受旱灾的国家 drought-stricken country 防治荒漠化和干旱办事处 Office to Combat Desertification and Drought 非洲气候状况和干旱问题科学圆桌会议 非洲氣候狀況和幹旱問題科學圓桌會議 Scientific Round-Table on the Climatic Situation and Drought in Africa 国际减轻旱灾风险中心 國際減輕旱災風險中心 International Centre for Drought Risk Reduction 萨赫勒国家间抗旱常设委员会 薩赫勒國家間抗旱常設委員會 Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel 旱情监测中心 Drought Monitoring Centre 南部非洲干旱问题机构间方桉拟订小组 南部非洲幹旱問題機構間方案擬訂小組 Inter-agency Programming Group on Drought in Southern Africa 干旱和荒漠化国际专题讨论会 幹旱和荒漠化國際專題討論會 International Symposium on Drought and Desertification 紧急旱灾救济方案 緊急旱災救濟方案 jǐn jí hàn zāi jiù jì fāng àn Emergency Drought Relief Programme 政府间抗旱和发展管理局 政府間抗旱和發展管理局 Intergovernmental Authority for Drought and Development 非洲抗旱区域行动计划 非洲抗旱區域行動計劃 Regional Plan of Action to Combat the Impacts of Drought in Africa 作好干旱准备 作好幹旱準備 drought preparedness 备旱 備旱 bèi hàn drought preparedness 旱灾救济 旱災救濟 hàn zāi jiù jì drought relief 受旱地区 受旱地區 drought-affected area 减轻旱灾风险 減輕旱災風險 jiǎn qīng hàn zāi fēng xiǎn drought risk reduction 开发署苏丹抗旱特别行动 開發署蘇丹抗旱特別行動 Special UNDP Drought Operation for the Sudan 萨赫勒国家间抗旱常设委员会部长理事会 薩赫勒國家間抗旱常設委員會部長理事會 Council of Ministers of the Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel 干旱时期 幹旱時期 drought 防治荒漠化和干旱世界日 防治荒漠化和幹旱世界日 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 非洲干旱饥荒特别紧急援助基金 非洲幹旱饑荒特別緊急援助基金 Special Emergency Assistance Fund for Drought and Famine in Africa 政府间抵抗干旱和其他自然灾害影响机构 政府間抵抗幹旱和其他自然災害影響機構 Intergovernmental body to combat the effects of drought and other natural disasters 干旱、荒漠化和自然灾害问题常设委员会 幹旱、荒漠化和自然災害問題常設委員會 Standing Committee on Drought, Desertification and Natural Disasters 非洲干旱饥荒特别紧急援助基金章程 非洲幹旱饑荒特別緊急援助基金章程 Statute of the Special Emergency Assistance Fund for Drought and Famine in Africa 南部非洲紧急抗旱认捐会议 南部非洲緊急抗旱認捐會議 Pledging Conference for the Drought Emergency in Southern Africa 天旱 tiān hàn drought 旱魃 hàn bá drought demon 大旱望云霓 大旱望雲霓 dà hàn wàng yún ní lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) / fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation syn 僤 dàn great / severe 萨斯病 薩斯病 sà sī bìng SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) 严竣 嚴竣 yán jùn tight / strict / severe / stern / difficult 憭 liǎo clear / intelligible / severe / cold 伊斯曼 yī sī màn Eastman (name) / George Eastman (1854-1932), US inventor and founder of Kodak 柯達|柯达[Ke1 da2] / Max F. Eastman (1883-1969), US socialist writer, subsequently severe critic of USSR 厉目而视 厲目而視 lì mù ér shì to cut sb a severe look (idiom) 严以责己宽以待人 嚴以責己寬以待人 yán yǐ zé jǐ kuān yǐ dài rén to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom) 严厉打击 嚴厲打擊 yán lì dǎ jī to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures 严重危害 嚴重危害 yán zhòng wēi hài severe harm / critical danger 色厉词严 色厲詞嚴 sè lì cí yán severe in both looks and speech (idiom) 重灾 重災 zhòng zāi severe disaster 高高手 gāo gāo shǒu Please do not be too severe on me! 高高手儿 高高手兒 gāo gāo shǒu r Please do not be too severe on me! 