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越演越烈

yuè yǎn yuè liè

Definitions

  1. 1. to be intensifying
  2. 2. to be getting worse and worse
  3. 3. to start to run rampant

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Child Words of 越演越烈

演
yǎn

to develop

越
yuè

generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods

烈
liè

ardent