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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
(of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme
HSK 4
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  *毒* | 毒* | *毒
poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics
HSK 5
savage / cruel / fierce
HSK 7-9
burning fiercely / flaming / blazing
to fight fiercely / fierce battle
ferocious beast / fierce animal
fierce / violent / ferocious
HSK 7-9
lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters
harsh / savage / fierce
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  *恶* | 恶* | *恶
evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm
HSK 7-9
fierce; violent; vigorous; intense
HSK 7-9
general / military leader / fierce man
(of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children
bold and powerful / brave and fierce
swift and fierce
to scowl fiercely / to glare
fierce tiger
violent; acute; severe; fierce
HSK 7-9
(idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly / also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]
very fierce
lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) / fig. great scourges / extremely dangerous or threatening things
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  *猛* | 猛* | *猛
ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome
HSK 6
fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual
very fierce
to take a fierce look
lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants
tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen
lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war
(soccer) to strike the ball powerfully at goal; to unleash a fierce shot / (racket sports) to hit a fast, flat and forceful shot
to compete fiercely / contest
malevolent / fierce / sinister
to curse fiercely
cruel / vicious / fierce and malicious / vengeful
HSK 7-9
to fight and kill; to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players)
swift and fierce / fierce / forceful
violent wave / fierce billow / fig. depraved force
fierce / ferocious / fiendish / frightening
HSK 7-9
violent / fierce and tough / shrewish (woman)
fierce / ferocious / savage
hard fighting / fierce battle
fierce-looking
fierce
the sun shines fiercely
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  *激* | 激* | *激
to arouse / to incite / to excite / to stimulate / sharp / fierce / violent
hard fighting / fierce battle
lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart / a sheep in wolf's clothing
lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat
(idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat
lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
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  *烈* | 烈* | *烈
ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements
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  *獠* | 獠* | *獠
fierce / hunt / name of a tribe
intense / brutal / fierce
impassioned / fiercely
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  *趮* | 趮* | *趮
easily provoked, hasty / fierce, cruel
fierce and ambitious character / formidable person
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  *鸷* | 鸷* | *鸷
fierce / brutal / bird of prey
fierce and uncontrollable
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  *悍* | 悍* | *悍
heroic / intrepid / valiant / dauntless / fierce / ferocious / violent
hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派, doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers
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  *凶* | 凶* | *凶
vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶
HSK 6
violent / fierce
cunning and fierce
hard fighting / fierce battle
fierce fighters / valiant warriors
fierce wind
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  *駻* | 駻* | *駻
(of horse) fierce / wild
fierce and vicious
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  *煋* | 煋* | *煋
(literary) (of a fire) fierce; intense; blazing / (literary) to radiate light in all directions
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  *狞* | 狞* | *狞
fierce-looking
lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom) / fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us / (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
(of wind) to blow fiercely; (of a storm) to strike
fierce / formidable
fierce animals
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  *狠* | 狠* | *狠
ruthless; fierce; ferocious / determined; resolute / to harden (one's heart) / old variant of
HSK 6
rude and violent / fierce and reckless
very fierce
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  *犺* | 犺* | *犺
fierce dog
variant of 兇惡|凶恶, fierce / ferocious / fiendish / frightening
HSK 7-9


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