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(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
HSK 5
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  *辣* | 辣* | *辣
hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn
HSK 4
to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain
HSK 5
pickled chopped chilies (usually used as a condiment)
boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste
chili pepper
hot pepper / chili
HSK 7-9
steamed chicken with chili sauce
chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens var)
sticky chili bean sauce / doubanjiang
mapo tofu / stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce
(dialect) Sichuan peppercorn / (dialect) chili pepper
chili oil
Cayenne pepper / red pepper / chili
Santiago, capital of Chile / San Diego, California
Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
xiaomila, a hot chili pepper cultivar (Capsicum frutescens)
Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil
Chile
red pepper paste / chili sauce
sautéed bullfrog with chili sauce
hot red pepper / chili
repulsion (in electrostatics) / repulsive force
king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia)
(Tw) San Diego, California / Santiago, capital of Chile
hot pepper / chili
laziji, spicy dish of chicken cubes stir-fried with chili peppers
yuxiang, a seasoning of Chinese cuisine that typically contains garlic, scallions, ginger, sugar, salt, chili peppers etc (Although "yuxiang" literally means "fish fragrance", it contains no seafood.)
General Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006), Chilean dictator
hot sauce / chili sauce
chili con carne
cayenne pepper / chili


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