烈
liè HSK3

fiery, intense

烈 liè
intense adjectiveadverb
(bound form) strong; violent; intense; used to describe powerful forces like fire, wind, or the sun
to die for a cause noun
(bound form) to sacrifice one's life for a just or noble cause; also refers to a person who has made such a sacrifice, such as a martyr
strong adjective
(of alcohol, perfumes, etc.) strong; potent; highly concentrated

你知道那是多烈的酒吗？

nǐ zhī​dao nà shì duō liè de jiǔ ma?

Do you know how strong that liquor is?

strong-willed
(bound form) staunch; upright; stern; having a firm or unyielding character
achievements
(literary, bound form) great merits; exploits; achievements
surname
a Chinese surname
illustrious
(literary) bright; illustrious; famous

Frequency
Character
Written text
802nd most common 226.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,275th most common 62.2 per million appears in 29% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.19 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
8.67 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+70C8

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)