"Severe" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave / serious / severe / critical |   |
| 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 | |
| 严肃 | yán sù | (of an atmosphere etc) solemn / grave / serious / (of a manner etc) earnest / severe / exacting / to strictly enforce | |
| 严厉 | yán lì | severe / strict | |
| 剧烈 | jù liè | violent / acute / severe / fierce | |
| 严峻 | yán jùn | grim / severe / rigorous | |
| 苛刻 | kē kè | harsh / severe / demanding | |
| 重度 | zhòng dù | serious / severe | |
| 严酷 | yán kù | bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition) | |
| 严苛 | yán kē | severe / harsh | |
| 邪乎 | xié hu | extraordinary / severe / exaggerated / overstated / fantastic / incredible | |
| 严 | yán | tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father | |
| 剧 | jù | theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe | |
| 厉 | lì | strict / severe | |
| 凛 | lǐn | cold / to shiver with cold / to tremble with fear / afraid / apprehensive / strict / stern / severe / austere / awe-inspiring / imposing / majestic | |
| 苛 | kē | severe / exacting | |
| 僤 | dàn | great / severe | |
| 严竣 | yán jùn | tight / strict / severe / stern / difficult | |
| 憭 | liǎo | clear / intelligible / severe / cold | |
| 𫢸 | dàn | great / severe | |
| 非典 | fēi diǎn | atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS | |
| 萨斯 | sà sī | SARS / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome | |
| 非典型肺炎 | fēi diǎn xíng fèi yán | atypical pneumonia / Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS | |
| 严寒 | yán hán | bitter cold / severe winter | |
| 严打 | yán dǎ | to crack down on / to take severe measures against | |
| 优生 | yōu shēng | outstanding student / to give birth to healthy babies (typically involving prenatal screening and the abortion of offspring with a severe abnormality) / to enhance the genetic quality of a population / eugenics | |
| 严冬 | yán dōng | severe winter | |
| 变本加厉 | biàn běn jiā lì | lit. change to more severe (idiom) / to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify | |
| 轻者 | qīng zhě | less serious case / in less severe cases | |
| 洪水猛兽 | hóng shuǐ měng shòu | lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) / fig. great scourges / extremely dangerous or threatening things | |
| 重典 | zhòng diǎn | important classic text / severe laws | |
| 上刑 | shàng xíng | severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture | |
| 峻 | jùn | (of mountains) high / harsh or severe | |
| 问罪之师 | wèn zuì zhī shī | punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach | |
| 悲声载道 | bēi shēng zài dào | lamentations fill the roads (idiom) / severe suffering all around | |
| 水清无鱼 | 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 | |
| 亢旱 | kàng hàn | severe drought (literary) | |
| 伊斯曼 | 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 | |
| 厉目而视 | lì mù ér shì | to cut sb a severe look (idiom) | |
| 严以责己宽以待人 | yán yǐ zé jǐ kuān yǐ dài rén | to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom) | |
| 严厉打击 | yán lì dǎ jī | to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures | |
| 严重危害 | yán zhòng wēi hài | severe harm / critical danger | |
| 色厉词严 | sè lì cí yán | severe in both looks and speech (idiom) | |
| 重灾 | zhòng zāi | severe disaster | |
| 高高手 | gāo gāo shǒu | Please do not be too severe on me! | |
| 高高手儿 | gāo gāo shǒu r | Please do not be too severe on me! | |
| 严重急性呼吸系统综合征 | severe acute respiratory syndrome | | |
| 严重联合免疫缺陷症 | severe combined immunodeficiency | | |
| 以社区为基础管理严重急性营养不良 | community-based management of severe acute malnutrition | | |
| 重度急性营养不良 | severe acute malnutrition | | |
| 熰 | ōu | severe drought / exceptionally hot weather | |
| 发热伴血小板减少综合征 | fā rè bàn xuè xiǎo bǎn jiǎn shǎo zōng hé zhēng | severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) | |
| 严重急性呼吸系统综合症 | yán zhòng jí xìng hū xī xì tǒng zōng hé zhèng | severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) | |
| 水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒 | shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú | (idiom) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends | |
