| 厉害 |  lì hai | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent |   |
| 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 | |
| 剧烈 | jù liè | violent / acute / severe / fierce | |
| 猛烈 | měng liè | fierce / violent / vigorous / intense | |
| 凶猛 | xiōng měng | fierce / violent / ferocious | |
| 狰狞 | zhēng níng | malevolent / fierce / sinister | |
| 暴烈 | bào liè | violent / fierce | |
| 凶巴巴 | xiōng bā bā | harsh / savage / fierce | |
| 酷烈 | kù liè | intense / brutal / fierce | |
| 激 | jī | to arouse / to incite / to excite / to stimulate / sharp / fierce / violent | |
| 恶 | è | evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm | |
| 烈 | liè | ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements | |
| 毒 | dú | poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics | |
| 猛 | měng | ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome | |
| 凶 | xiōng | vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶[xiong1] | |
| 狠 | hěn | ruthless / fierce / ferocious / determined / resolute / to harden (one's heart) / old variant of 很[hen3] | |
| 獠 | liáo | fierce / hunt / name of a tribe | |
| 鸷 | zhì | fierce / brutal / bird of prey | |
| 凶狂 | xiōng kuáng | fierce / ferocious / savage | |
| 威烈 | wēi liè | fierce / formidable | |
| 恶凶凶 | è xiōng xiōng | fierce | |
| 駻 | hàn | (of horse) fierce / wild | |
| 凌厉 | líng lì | swift and fierce / fierce / forceful | |
| 煋 | xīng | (literary) (of a fire) fierce / intense / blazing / (literary) to radiate light in all directions | |
| 激战 | jī zhàn | to fight fiercely / fierce battle | |
| 恶狠狠 | è hěn hěn | very fierce | |
| 凶狠 | xiōng hěn | cruel / vicious / fierce and malicious / vengeful | |
| 猛虎 | měng hǔ | fierce tiger | |
| 武将 | wǔ jiàng | general / military leader / fierce man | |
| 勇猛 | yǒng měng | bold and powerful / brave and fierce | |
| 凶恶 | xiōng è | variant of 兇惡|凶恶, fierce / ferocious / fiendish / frightening | |
| 猛兽 | měng shòu | ferocious beast / fierce animal | |
| 凶悍 | xiōng hàn | violent / fierce and tough / shrewish (woman) | |
| 猛将 | měng jiàng | fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual | |
| 搏杀 | bó shā | to fight and kill / to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players) | |
| 恶战 | è zhàn | hard fighting / fierce battle | |
| 恶斗 | è dòu | hard fighting / fierce battle | |
| 母老虎 | mǔ lǎo hǔ | tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen | |
| 鹰派 | yīng pài | hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers | |
| 剽悍 | piāo hàn | swift and fierce | |
| 短兵相接 | duǎn bīng xiāng jiē | lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom) / fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters | |
| 龙争虎斗 | lóng zhēng hǔ dòu | lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom) / fierce battle between giants | |
| 洪水猛兽 | hóng shuǐ měng shòu | lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) / fig. great scourges / extremely dangerous or threatening things | |
| 你争我夺 | nǐ zhēng wǒ duó | lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom) / to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war | |
| 色厉内荏 | sè lì nèi rěn | lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom) / appearing fierce while cowardly at heart / a sheep in wolf's clothing | |
| 恶浪 | è làng | violent wave / fierce billow / fig. depraved force | |
| 趮 | zào | easily provoked, hasty / fierce, cruel | |
| 豺狼虎豹 | chái láng hǔ bào | jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom) / animals who are dangerous to man and cattle / fierce and cruel people | |
| 犺 | kàng | fierce dog | |
| 㹴 | gěng | fierce dog | |
| 凶顽 | xiōng wán | fierce and uncontrollable | |
| 两虎相争 | liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng | lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries | |
| 凶惡 | xiōng è | variant of 兇惡|凶恶, fierce / ferocious / fiendish / frightening | |
| 恶仗 | è zhàng | hard fighting / fierce battle | |
| 恶恶实实 | è è shí shí | very fierce | |
| 恶狠 | è hěn | fierce and vicious | |
| 熊罴 | xióng pí | fierce fighters / valiant warriors | |
| 狠巴巴 | hěn bā bā | very fierce | |
| 狞恶可怖 | níng è kě bù | of fierce and terrifying appearance (idiom) | |
| 罴虎 | pí hǔ | fierce animals | |
| 蛮悍 | mán hàn | rude and violent / fierce and reckless | |
| 雄长 | xióng zhǎng | fierce and ambitious character / formidable person | |
| 虎起脸 | hǔ qǐ liǎn | to take a fierce look | |
| 刁悍 | diāo hàn | cunning and fierce | |
| 折戟沉沙 | zhé jǐ chén shā | lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat | |
| 负隅顽抗 | fù yú - wán kàng | (idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded / to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat | |
