(lì) - severe, strict, fierce (bound) in Mandarin
lìTraditional: 厉
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Translation
severe, strict, fierce (bound)
Word origin
A phono-semantic character combining the cliff radical 厂 with 万 as the phonetic, carrying the sense severe, strict, or fierce.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 厂 (cliff radical) + 万 (phonetic)
Stroke order
厉
Examples
！
He is really impressive!
。
The teacher is very strict.
。
This medicine is very strong.
。
This teacher is rather strict.
口。
His tone of speaking is a bit harsh.
厉 (lì) is a bound morpheme meaning fierce or severe, the core of the slangy 厉害 (lìhài, impressive or fierce).
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 厉.
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