於今為烈
yú​jīn​wéi​liè

worse than ever

  • created sense approved 于今为烈/於今為烈 · yú​jīn​wéi​liè · worse than ever — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    于今为烈 / 於今為烈

    yú​jīn​wéi​liè

    worse than ever

    to be more serious or intense today than in the past; often used following [[古已有之|古已有之|gu3 yi3 you3 zhi1]] to show that while a problem has always existed, it is currently at its worst

    于今 (literal) → 于今/於今 · yú​jīn · up to now 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 烈 (literal) → 烈 · liè · intense

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense