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厉害 (lì hai): meaning and stroke order

厉害 (lì hai) means (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression.

厉害

Simplified
厉害
Traditional
厲害
Pinyin
lì hai

Stroke order of 厉害

厉

  • Lì surname Li
  • lì strict; severe
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 厲

Stroke by stroke

害

  • hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 厉害

  1. lì hai Traditional 厲害
    • (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

Radicals of the characters

厉
Radical 厂 (Kangxi radical 27) · 5 strokes · built from 厂 and 万
害
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 10 strokes · 𫲸 on top, 口 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

厉害 in our stories

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  • 虽然样子很厉害，但是它非常善良，走路的时候连小草都舍不得踩。

    suīrán yàngzi hěn lìhai dànshì tā fēicháng shànliáng zǒulù de shíhou lián xiǎo cǎo dōu shěbude cǎi

    It may look fierce, but it is very kind: when it walks it cannot bear to tread on even a blade of grass.

    From the story The qilin HSK 4

  • 送老郝出门的时候，他半开玩笑地说：“陶经理，你那一分钟不说话，比说一小时还厉害。”

    sòng lǎo Hǎo chūmén de shíhou tā bàn kāi wánxiào de shuō Táo jīnglǐ nǐ nà yì fēnzhōng bù shuōhuà bǐ shuō yì xiǎoshí hái lìhai

    As she saw Old Hao out, he said half-jokingly, "Ms Tao, that minute of silence was more powerful than an hour of talking."

    From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 厉害

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).