烈 liè fiery
fiery; violent
怎么记住“烈”: 列 line up + 灬 fire = fiery. The salsa dancers line up around the camp fire, and grandma says their dance is far too fiery for her taste.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
烈 = 列 line up + 灬 fire
- 列 line up sound
- 歹 wicked
- 刂 knife
- 灬 fire meaning
The salsa dancers line up around the camp fire, and grandma says their dance is far too fiery for her taste.
How it came to be
The fire at the bottom gives the meaning and the top part gives the sound.
用法
- A bound intensifying adjective, almost always appearing after 强/激/热/剧 to describe something extreme in degree: 强烈 qiángliè (strong/intense, feelings or reactions), 激烈 jīliè (fierce, of competition or debate), 热烈 rèliè (warm and enthusiastic, of applause or a welcome), 剧烈 jùliè (severe/violent, of pain or physical change).
- These four words are not interchangeable: 激烈 is for conflict/competition, 热烈 is for positive warmth/enthusiasm, 剧烈 is for physical intensity (pain, exercise, temperature swings), and 强烈 is the general-purpose "strong" for emotions, opposition, or sunlight.
- 烈士 lièshì (martyr) is a fixed, solemn term honoring someone who died for a cause.
含“烈”的词语
例句
- 我受到了热烈的欢迎。 Wǒ shòudàole rèliè de huānyíng.I received a warm welcome.
- 比赛中双方竞争得很激烈。 Bǐsài zhōng shuāngfāng jìngzhēng de hěn jīliè.Both sides competed fiercely in the game.