líng lì

Traditional: 凌厲

凌厉 (líng lì) is a Chinese word meaning “swift and fierce; fierce; forceful”.

Meanings

  1. 1swift and fierce
  2. 2fierce
  3. 3forceful

Characters in 凌厉

凌líng · to approach厉lì · strict

Related words

厉害(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding凌晨very early in the morning严厉severe冰激凌ice cream凌to approach凌surname Ling凌驾to be above欺凌to bully and humiliate凌乱messy; disarrayed; disheveled变本加厉lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)凌辱to insult再接再厉to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist

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