"Grim" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 严峻 | yán jùn | grim / severe / rigorous |   |
| 冷酷 | lěng kù | grim / unfeeling / callous | |
| 正色 | zhèng sè | stern / grim / resolute / firm / unflinching / fundamental colors | |
| 严酷 | yán kù | bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition) | |
| 凄 |  qī | intense cold / frigid / dismal / grim / bleak / sad / mournful | |
| 血淋淋 | xiě lín lín | bloody / blood-soaked / gory / grisly / cruel / brutal / harsh / grim / bitter | |
| 死神 | sǐ shén | mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death | |
| 冷笑 | lěng xiào | to sneer / to laugh grimly / grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) / bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile | |
| 形势严峻 | xíng shì yán jùn | in grave difficulties / the situation is grim | |
| 风雨如晦 | fēng yǔ rú huì | lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom) / fig. the situation looks grim | |
| 不见棺材不落泪 | bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi | lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality | |
| 悽 | qī | variant of 淒|凄, dismal / grim / lamentable / mournful | |
