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(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
(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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  *猛* | 猛* | *猛
ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome
HSK 6
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  *凶* | 凶* | *凶
vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶
HSK 6
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  *狠* | 狠* | *狠
ruthless; fierce; ferocious / determined; resolute / to harden (one's heart) / old variant of
HSK 6
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  *恶* | 恶* | *恶
evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm
HSK 7-9
fierce / violent / ferocious
HSK 7-9
savage / cruel / fierce
HSK 7-9
cruel / vicious / fierce and malicious / vengeful
HSK 7-9
fierce; violent; vigorous; intense
HSK 7-9
fierce / ferocious / fiendish / frightening
HSK 7-9
variant of 兇惡|凶恶, fierce / ferocious / fiendish / frightening
HSK 7-9
violent; acute; severe; fierce
HSK 7-9
general / military leader / fierce man
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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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  *激* | 激* | *激
to arouse / to incite / to excite / to stimulate / sharp / fierce / violent
to compete fiercely / contest
hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派, doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers
to fight fiercely / fierce battle
fierce tiger
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  *鸷* | 鸷* | *鸷
fierce / brutal / bird of prey
violent / fierce and tough / shrewish (woman)
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  *悍* | 悍* | *悍
heroic / intrepid / valiant / dauntless / fierce / ferocious / violent
lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants
to fight and kill; to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players)
ferocious beast / fierce animal
hard fighting / fierce battle
very fierce
burning fiercely / flaming / blazing
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  *狞* | 狞* | *狞
fierce-looking
the sun shines fiercely
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  *獠* | 獠* | *獠
fierce / hunt / name of a tribe
bold and powerful / brave and fierce
violent / fierce
malevolent / fierce / sinister
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  *煋* | 煋* | *煋
(literary) (of a fire) fierce; intense; blazing / (literary) to radiate light in all directions
(idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat
hard fighting / fierce battle
lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart / a sheep in wolf's clothing
lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters
swift and fierce
harsh / savage / fierce
lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war
fierce-looking
swift and fierce / fierce / forceful
hard fighting / fierce battle
to scowl fiercely / to glare
fierce / ferocious / savage
intense / brutal / fierce
cunning and fierce
lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat
fierce / formidable
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  *駻* | 駻* | *駻
(of horse) fierce / wild
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  *犺* | 犺* | *犺
fierce dog
fierce and vicious
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  *趮* | 趮* | *趮
easily provoked, hasty / fierce, cruel
fierce wind
violent wave / fierce billow / fig. depraved force
fierce fighters / valiant warriors
very fierce
to curse fiercely
fierce animals
lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
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
fierce and uncontrollable
to take a fierce look
impassioned / fiercely
(of wind) to blow fiercely; (of a storm) to strike
fierce
tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen
lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) / fig. great scourges / extremely dangerous or threatening things
very fierce
fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual
rude and violent / fierce and reckless
(of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children
fierce and ambitious character / formidable person


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