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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *緊* | 緊* | *緊
tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嚴* | 嚴* | *嚴
tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father
HSK 4
strict / stringent / tight / rigorous
HSK 4
(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
severe / strict
HSK 5
(of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious / (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting / to strictly enforce
HSK 5
to strictly prohibit
HSK 7-9
strict / tight (organization, surveillance etc)
HSK 7-9
rigorous; strict; careful / (of writing) well organized; meticulous
HSK 7-9
strict / rigid / tight (security)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *厲* | 厲* | *厲
strict / severe
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *凜* | 凜* | *凜
cold / to shiver with cold / to tremble with fear / afraid / apprehensive / strict / stern / severe / austere / awe-inspiring / imposing / majestic
to take strict precautions / on your guard
strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom) / fig. cautious / with great preoccupation / with strict precaution
to strictly maintain
not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place
sternly / strictly / harshly / stringently / rigorously
lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts.
to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)
strict / serious / solemn / dignified / to tidy up / to clean up / to purge / to adjust
strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously
to practice strict economy (idiom)
strict or stern father
strict / tight
strict; rigorous; severely
demanding and strict (idiom) / exacting
lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何 governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参 (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent
(strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father / (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt
(Buddhism) to adhere strictly to the ethical precepts / asceticism
(literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness)
regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
strict and compassionate / strict as a father and tender as a mother
solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling / also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色
to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
to be strictly just and impartial
to strictly abide by
solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
to be strict with oneself
to investigate strictly
not to be censured too strictly (idiom) / not altogether inexcusable / understandable
lit. order like a mountain / a military order is inviolable / strict discipline
to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense
to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself
strictly speaking
veganism, a diet consisting solely of plant products / strict vegetarianism
strictly speaking
to play the role of the strict parent (or superior etc)
to strictly control (abbr. for 嚴格控制|严格控制)
strict and impartial / firm
to adhere strictly (to the rules)
a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form


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