"To escalate" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 升级 | shēng jí | to go up by one grade / to be promoted / to escalate (in intensity) / (computing) to upgrade |   |
| 升温 | shēng wēn | to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost | |
| 闹大 | nào dà | (of a person) to make a big fuss about (sth) / to make a big deal of / (of an adverse situation) to get ugly / to blow up / to escalate | |
