"Severe" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yán zhòng grave / serious / severe / critical
 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
 yán sù solemn / grave / serious / earnest / severe
 yán lì severe / strict
 jù liè violent / acute / severe / fierce
 yán jùn grim / severe / rigorous
 lì hai terrible / formidable / serious / devastating / tough / capable / sharp / severe / fierce
 kē kè harsh / severe / demanding
 zhòng dù serious / severe
 yán kù bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition)
 yán kē severe / harsh
 xié hu extraordinary / severe / exaggerated / overstated / fantastic / incredible
 yán tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father
 jù theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe
 lì strict / severe
 lǐn cold / to shiver with cold / to tremble with fear / afraid / apprehensive / strict / stern / severe / austere / awe-inspiring / imposing / majestic
 kē severe / exacting
 dàn great / severe
 yán jùn tight / strict / severe / stern / difficult
 liǎo clear / intelligible / severe / cold
𫢸 dàn great / severe
 fēi diǎn atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS
 sà sī SARS / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
 fēi diǎn xíng fèi yán atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS
 yán hán bitter cold / severe winter
 yán dǎ to crack down on / to take severe measures against
 yán dōng severe winter
 biàn běn jiā lì lit. change to more severe (idiom) / to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify
 qīng zhě less serious case / in less severe cases
 hóng shuǐ měng shòu lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) / fig. great scourges / extremely dangerous or threatening things
 zhòng diǎn important classic text / severe laws
 shàng xíng severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture
 jùn (of mountains) high / harsh or severe
 wèn zuì zhī shī punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach
 bēi shēng zài dào lamentations fill the roads (idiom) / severe suffering all around
 shuǐ qīng wú yú lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom) / fig. one who is too severe has no friends
𬉼 ōu severe drought / exceptionally hot weather
 kàng hàn severe drought (literary)
 Yī sī màn Eastman (name) / George Eastman (1854-1932), US inventor and founder of Kodak 柯達|柯达[Ke1 da2] / Max F. Eastman (1883-1969), US socialist writer, subsequently severe critic of USSR
 lì mù ér shì to cut sb a severe look (idiom)
 yán yǐ zé jǐ kuān yǐ dài rén to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
 yán lì dǎ jī to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures
 yán zhòng wēi hài severe harm / critical danger
 sè lì cí yán severe in both looks and speech (idiom)
 zhòng zāi severe disaster
 gāo gāo shǒu Please do not be too severe on me!
 gāo gāo shǒu r Please do not be too severe on me!
  severe acute respiratory syndrome
  severe combined immunodeficiency
  community-based management of severe acute malnutrition
  severe acute malnutrition
 ōu severe drought / exceptionally hot weather
 fā rè bàn xuè xiǎo bǎn jiǎn shǎo zōng hé zhēng severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)
 yán zhòng jí xìng hū xī xì tǒng zōng hé zhèng severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
 shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends (idiom)
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