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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

凌厉

línglì

swift and fierce

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

swift and fierce

02

fierce

03

forceful

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 凌厉 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 凌厉 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

他不亮剑则矣,一亮剑则凶狠凌厉。tā bù liàng jiàn zé yǐ, yī liàng jiàn zé xiōng hěn líng lì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

她的手指在桌面上微微敲动,节奏极轻,却像在为整个谈话设定一种隐晦而凌厉的步调。tā de shǒu zhǐ zài zhuō miàn shàng wēi wēi qiāo dòng, jié zòu jí qīng, què xiàng zài wèi zhěng gè tán huà shè dìng yī zhǒng yǐn huì ér líng lì de bù diào。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 凌厉.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 凌厉.

Directly before

  • 凶狠凌厉1
  • 而凌厉1

Directly after

  • 凌厉的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 凌厉

What does 凌厉 mean in Chinese?

凌厉 (línglì) means swift and fierce.

How do you pronounce 凌厉?

凌厉 is pronounced línglì.

Is 凌厉 an HSK word?

凌厉 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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