越演越烈

yuè yǎn yuè liè

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 越演越烈

• 演 演 yǎn: to develop
• 越 越 yuè: generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
• 烈 烈 liè: ardent