厲 (lì)
severe; strict; harsh; awesome (in 厲害)
How 厲 is written
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- Traditional
- 厲
- Simplified
- 厉
Components
- 厂 cliff
- 艹 grass
- 冂 upside down box
- 二 two
- 丨 line
- 禸 track
Common words using 厲
- 厲害 lìhai
- difficult to deal with; difficult to endure; ferocious
- 嚴厲 yánlì
- severe; strict
- 再接再厲 zàijiēzàilì
- to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; unremitting efforts
- 凄厲 qīlì
- sad and shrill
- 厲聲 lìshēng
- stern voice
- 厲鬼 lìguǐ
- malicious spirit; devil
- 淒厲 qīlì
- variant of 凄厲|凄厉[qi1 li4]
- 色厲內荏 sèlìnèirěn
- lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart; a sheep in wolf's clothing
- 變本加厲 biànběnjiālì
- lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming); to aggravate; to intensify
- 雷厲風行 léilìfēngxíng
- pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
厲 in a sentence
他打籃球很厲害。
Tā dǎ lánqiú hěn lìhài.
“He is very awesome at playing basketball.”
How common is 厲?
厲 is the 1,337th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.3% of all running text.
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