yán​lì HSK5

severe

严厉 (嚴厲) yán​lì
severe adjective
severe; strict; stern; harsh (usually referring to an attitude, criticism, or punishment)

The teacher criticized him severely.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
8.88 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
19.4 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5

Sources

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