liè

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Definitions

  1. 1. ardent
  2. 2. intense
  3. 3. fierce
  4. 4. stern
  5. 5. upright
  6. 6. to give one's life for a noble cause
  7. 7. exploits
  8. 8. achievements

Words Containing 烈

剧烈
jù liè

violent; acute; severe; fierce

壮烈
zhuàng liè

brave

强烈
qiáng liè

strong; intense

愈演愈烈
yù yǎn yù liè

ever more critical

激烈
jī liè

(of competition or fighting) intense

烈士
liè shì

martyr

热烈
rè liè

enthusiastic

猛烈
měng liè

fierce

兴高采烈
xìng gāo cǎi liè

happy and excited (idiom)

三贞九烈
sān zhēn jiǔ liè

(of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory

亚弗烈
yà fú liè

Alfred (name)

先烈
xiān liè

martyr

刚烈
gāng liè

resolute and upright in character

功烈
gōng liè

achievement

劲烈
jìng liè

violent

地震烈度
dì zhèn liè dù

earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)

威烈
wēi liè

fierce

安德烈
ān dé liè

Andre (person name)

张自烈
zhāng zì liè

Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[zhèng zì tōng]

强烈反对
qiáng liè fǎn duì

to oppose strongly

忠烈
zhōng liè

sacrifice oneself for one's country

忽必烈
hū bì liè

Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294

惨烈
cǎn liè

bitter

拉那烈
lā nà liè
暴烈
bào liè

violent

浓烈
nóng liè

strong (taste, flavor, smell)

火烈鸟
huǒ liè niǎo

flamingo

烈士陵
liè shì líng

memorial mound

烈女
liè nǚ

a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death

烈属
liè shǔ

family or dependents of martyr (in PRC, esp. revolutionary martyr)

烈山
liè shān

Lieshan district of Huaibei city 淮北市[huái běi shì], Anhui

烈山区
liè shān qū

Lieshan district of Huaibei city 淮北市[huái běi shì], Anhui

烈屿
liè yǔ

Liehyu township in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[jīn mén xiàn] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan

烈屿乡
liè yǔ xiāng

Liehyu township in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[jīn mén xiàn] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan

烈度
liè dù

intensity

烈怒
liè nù

intense rage

烈性
liè xìng

strong; intense; spirited; virulent

烈日
liè rì

Liege, town in Belgium

烈火
liè huǒ

raging inferno

烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái

lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile

烈焰
liè yàn

raging flames

烈酒
liè jiǔ

strong alcoholic drink

炽烈
chì liè

burning fiercely

疾风知劲草,烈火见真金
jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn

fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis

节烈
jié liè

(of a woman) indomitably chaste

耶烈万
yē liè wàn

Yerevan, capital of Armenia

英烈
yīng liè

hero

叶永烈
yè yǒng liè

Ye Yonglie (1940-), popular science writer

虎烈拉
hǔ liè lā

cholera (loanword)

贞烈
zhēn liè

ready to die to preserve one's chastity

越演越烈
yuè yǎn yuè liè

to be intensifying

轰轰烈烈
hōng hōng liè liè

strong

酷烈
kù liè

intense

革命先烈
gé mìng xiān liè

martyr to the revolution

革命烈士
gé mìng liè shì

martyr of the revolution

高能烈性炸药
gāo néng liè xìng zhà yào

high explosive

鲜烈
xiān liè

fresh and intense

黄花岗七十二烈士
huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì

the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911

兴高采烈
xīng gāo cǎi liè

happy and excited (idiom); in high spirits