CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

肆虐

sìnüè

to wreak havoc; to devastate

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

to wreak havoc; to devastate

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 肆虐 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 肆虐 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

我们突然向下望去，只见一个杯状的洼地，上面点缀著矮小的橡树和被多年风暴肆虐扭曲变形的蕨类植物。两座高耸狭窄的塔楼耸立在树梢之上。车夫用鞭子指著前方。他说：「巴斯克维尔庄园。」wǒ men tū rán xiàng xià wàng qù， zhǐ jiàn yí gè bēi zhuàng de wā dì， shàng miàn diǎn zhuì zhù ǎi xiǎo de xiàng shù hé bèi duō nián fēng bào sì nüè niǔ qū biàn xíng de jué lèi zhí wù。 liǎng zuò gāo sǒng xiá zhǎi de tǎ lóu sǒng lì zài shù shāo zhī shàng。 chē fū yòng biān zi zhǐ zhù qián fāng。 tā shuō：「bā sī kè wéi ěr zhuāng yuán。」

Suddenly we looked down into a cup-like depression, patched with stunted oaks and furs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The driver pointed with his whip. “Baskerville Hall,” said he.

台风又开始肆虐了。tái fēng yòu kāi shǐ sì nüè le。

No published English translation for this sentence.

那天暴风雪肆虐，雪下得非常大。nà tiān bào fēng xuě sì nüè， xuě xià dé fēi cháng dà。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 肆虐.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 肆虐.

Directly before

暴风雪肆虐2
开始肆虐1
风暴肆虐1

Directly after

肆虐了1
肆虐扭曲1
肆虐时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 肆虐

What does 肆虐 mean in Chinese?

肆虐 (sìnüè) means to wreak havoc; to devastate.

How do you pronounce 肆虐?

肆虐 is pronounced sìnüè.

Is 肆虐 an HSK word?

肆虐 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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