Read Edit View history 严酷 yánkù harsh Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 严酷 (嚴酷) yánkù harsh adjective severe, cruel, or relentless in conditions, treatment, or discipline 北极地区的自然环境极其严酷。 běijí dìqū de zìrán huánjìng jíqí yánkù. The natural environment in the Arctic is extremely harsh. cut-throat adjective fierce and intense, especially when describing competition or markets 在严酷的竞争中，只有强者才能生存。 zài yánkù de jìngzhēng zhōng, zhǐyǒu qiángzhě cái néng shēngcún. In harsh competition, only the strong survive. grim adjective sternly cold or forbidding, particularly regarding facts, reality, or a situation 面对严酷的现实，他没有选择退缩。 miànduì yánkù de xiànshí, tā méiyǒu xuǎnzé tuìsuō. Faced with the harsh reality, he did not choose to back down. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.91 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.61 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
严酷 (嚴酷) yánkù harsh adjective severe, cruel, or relentless in conditions, treatment, or discipline 北极地区的自然环境极其严酷。 běijí dìqū de zìrán huánjìng jíqí yánkù. The natural environment in the Arctic is extremely harsh. cut-throat adjective fierce and intense, especially when describing competition or markets 在严酷的竞争中，只有强者才能生存。 zài yánkù de jìngzhēng zhōng, zhǐyǒu qiángzhě cái néng shēngcún. In harsh competition, only the strong survive. grim adjective sternly cold or forbidding, particularly regarding facts, reality, or a situation 面对严酷的现实，他没有选择退缩。 miànduì yánkù de xiànshí, tā méiyǒu xuǎnzé tuìsuō. Faced with the harsh reality, he did not choose to back down. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.91 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.61 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)