刚烈
gāng liè
Pinyin

Definition

刚烈
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gāng liè
  1. resolute and upright in character
  2. unyielding
  3. staunch

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

强烈
qiáng liè
  1. 1 intense
  2. 2 (violently) strong
激烈
jī liè
  1. 1 (of competition or fighting) intense
  2. 2 fierce
  3. 3 (of pain) acute
  4. 4 (of an expression of opinion) impassioned
  5. 5 vehement
  6. 6 (of a course of action) drastic
  7. 7 extreme
烈日
Liè rì
  1. 1 Liege, town in Belgium
烈火
liè huǒ
  1. 1 raging inferno
  2. 2 blaze
刚烈
gāng liè
  1. 1 resolute and upright in character
  2. 2 unyielding
  3. 3 staunch
剧烈
jù liè
  1. 1 violent
  2. 2 acute
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 fierce
壮烈
zhuàng liè
  1. 1 brave
  2. 2 heroic
惨烈
cǎn liè
  1. 1 bitter
  2. 2 desperate
浓烈
nóng liè
  1. 1 strong (taste, flavor, smell)
烈
liè
  1. 1 ardent
  2. 2 intense
  3. 3 fierce
  4. 4 stern
  5. 5 upright
  6. 6 to give one's life for a noble cause
  7. 7 exploits
  8. 8 achievements
烈士
liè shì
  1. 1 martyr
热烈
rè liè
  1. 1 enthusiastic
  2. 2 ardent
  3. 3 warm
猛烈
měng liè
  1. 1 fierce
  2. 2 violent (criticism etc)
兴高采烈
xìng gāo cǎi liè
  1. 1 happy and excited (idiom)
  2. 2 in high spirits
  3. 3 in great delight
轰轰烈烈
hōng hōng liè liè
  1. 1 strong
  2. 2 vigorous
  3. 3 large-scale
先烈
xiān liè
  1. 1 martyr
安德烈
Ān dé liè
  1. 1 Andre (person name)
忠烈
zhōng liè
  1. 1 sacrifice oneself for one's country
  2. 2 martyr
忽必烈
Hū bì liè
  1. 1 Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
愈演愈烈
yù yǎn yù liè
  1. 1 ever more critical
  2. 2 problems get more and more intense

Idioms (3)

烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái
  1. 1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
  2. 2 fig. consuming passion between lovers
疾风知劲草，烈火见真金
jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn
  1. 1 the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
  2. 2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
兴高采烈
xìng gāo cǎi liè
  1. 1 happy and excited (idiom)
  2. 2 in high spirits
  3. 3 in great delight

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