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严厉
yán lì
strict, severe
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What does 严厉 mean?
严厉 (pinyin: yán lì) means strict, severe. It belongs to the official HSK 6 vocabulary (mastery), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 严厉
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 严
The characters of 严厉
| 严 | yán | component character |
| 厉 | lì | component character |
Related HSK 6 words
| 识别 | shí bié | identify, recognize |
| 血压 | xuè yā | blood pressure |
| 遗传 | yí chuán | heredity, genetic |
| 封闭 | fēng bì | to close off, seal |
| 示范 | shì fàn | demonstration, example |
| 赋予 | fù yǔ | to give, confer, endow |
| 部署 | bù shǔ | deploy, arrange |
| 命名 | mìng míng | to name, to give a name to |
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