"Drastic" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 激烈 | jī liè | (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme |   |
| 过激 | guò jī | drastic / extreme / aggressive | |
| 釜底抽薪 | fǔ dǐ chōu xīn | to take drastic measures to deal with a situation / to pull the carpet from under sb | |
| 先斩后奏 | xiān zhǎn hòu zòu | lit. first execute the criminal, then report it to the emperor (idiom) / fig. to take some drastic action without the prior approval of higher authorities | |
