接受 jiē shòu to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc) / to acquiesce syn 严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave / serious / severe / critical syn 受到 shòu dào to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc) / to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) 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 惩罚 懲罰 chéng fá penalty / punishment / to punish syn 科 kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4] 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment 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 赦免 shè miǎn to pardon / to absolve / to exempt from punishment syn 苛刻 kē kè harsh / severe / demanding syn 赎罪 贖罪 shú zuì to atone for one's crime / to buy freedom from punishment / redemption / atonement 萨斯 薩斯 sà sī SARS / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 制裁 zhì cái to punish / punishment / sanctions (incl. economic) syn 剧烈 劇烈 jù liè violent / acute / severe / fierce syn 严峻 嚴峻 yán jùn grim / severe / rigorous syn 加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) syn 板子 bǎn zi board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment syn 免受 miǎn shòu to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment syn 严酷 嚴酷 yán kù bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition) syn 严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn 袒护 袒護 tǎn hù to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc / to take sb's side syn 刑罚 刑罰 xíng fá sentence / penalty / punishment syn 重度 zhòng dù serious / severe 畏罪 wèi zuì to dread punishment / afraid of being arrested for a crime syn 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 刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument syn 严寒 嚴寒 yán hán bitter cold / severe winter syn 殊死 shū sǐ to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death syn 体罚 體罰 tǐ fá corporal punishment / to inflict physical punishment on (sb) 减免 減免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc) 死有余辜 死有餘辜 sǐ yǒu yú gū (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment syn 非典 fēi diǎn atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS 严冬 嚴冬 yán dōng severe winter syn 凌迟 凌遲 líng chí the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment) 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 皮开肉绽 皮開肉綻 pí kāi ròu zhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom) syn 负荆请罪 負荊請罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology syn 赏罚 賞罰 shǎng fá reward and punishment syn 充军 充軍 chōng jūn to banish (to an army post, as a punishment) syn 甘之如饴 甘之如飴 gān zhī rú yí lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs) / to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment syn 非典型肺炎 fēi diǎn xíng fèi yán atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS 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 灭族 滅族 miè zú extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment) syn 腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short 法律制裁 fǎ lǜ zhì cái legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law 重典 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws 罪与罚 罪與罰 zuì yǔ fá Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1] 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 宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn 楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) 严 嚴 yán tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father syn 刑 xíng punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment syn 墨 mò ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead syn 斩 斬 zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop syn 苛 kē severe / exacting syn 电刑 電刑 diàn xíng to torture sb using electricity / electrocution (capital punishment) 剐 剮 guǎ cut off the flesh as punishment syn 烹 pēng to boil / to brew (tea) / to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce / (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times) syn 厉 厲 lì strict / severe 宫刑 宮刑 gōng xíng castration (archaic punishment) 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 髌 髕 bìn kneecapping / to cut or smash the kneecaps as corporal punishment syn 刑名 xíng míng xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4hai4] / the designation for a punishment syn 五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3] 肉刑 ròu xíng corporal punishment (such as castration or amputation) 车裂 車裂 chē liè to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment) syn 髡 kūn scalping / to make the head bald (as corporal punishment) 刖 yuè to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2]) 磔 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn 刑房 xíng fáng office of punishment / torture chamber (esp. unofficial) 沙士 shā shì (loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink) / (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) 苦刑 kǔ xíng torture / corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation) 轘 huàn to tear between chariots (as punishment) 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 咎有应得 咎有應得 jiù yǒu yīng dé (idiom) (literary) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) 罪有应得 罪有應得 zuì yǒu yīng dé guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom) / entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime 天诛 天誅 tiān zhū heavenly punishment / king's punishment 罚不当罪 罰不當罪 fá bù dāng zuì disproportionate punishment / the punishment is harsher than the crime 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 亢旱 kàng hàn severe drought (literary) syn 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! 