She is hard on them.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
严酷
bitter
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
bitter
02
harsh
03
grim
04
ruthless
05
severe
06
cut-throat (competition)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 严酷 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 严酷 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Tom's ordeal was far from over.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 严酷.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 严酷.
Directly before
- 很严酷1
- 的严酷1
- 麽严酷1
Directly after
- 严酷考验1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 严酷
What does 严酷 mean in Chinese?
严酷 (yánkù) means bitter.
How do you pronounce 严酷?
严酷 is pronounced yánkù.
Is 严酷 an HSK word?
严酷 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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