| 直线 | zhí xiàn | straight line / sharply (rise or fall) | ![]() |
| 截然 | jié rán | sharply / distinctly / radically | ![]() |
| 暴涨 | bào zhǎng | to increase sharply / to rise dramatically | ![]() |
| 冰火 | bīng huǒ | fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements | ![]() |
| 猛跌 | měng diē | drop sharply (e.g. stock prices) | ![]() |
| 壁垒森严 | bì lěi sēn yán | closely guarded / strongly fortified / sharply divided | ![]() |
| 针尖对麦芒 | zhēn jiān duì mài máng | sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom) | ![]() |
| 嵂 | lu:4 | to rise sharply / to tower | ![]() |
| 忽上忽下 | hū shàng hū xià | to fluctuate sharply | ![]() |
| 满舵 | mǎn duò | on full rudder / turning as sharply as possible | ![]() |
