严

surname Yan

tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father

Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Ya3]

second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]

"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc

factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant

severe / strict

strict / tight (organization, surveillance etc)

strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously

to strictly maintain

(sealed) tightly / (wrapped) closely / (covered) completely

(sealed) tight / close / (hidden) safely / securely

bitter cold / severe winter

sternly / strictly / harshly / stringently / rigorously

severe winter

(idiom) to fit together snugly; to dovetail perfectly

to fit tightly (idiom) / to join seamlessly / to fit snugly

to be strict with oneself

torture / interrogation by torture

to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)

to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself

up to the eyeballs / full to overflowing / jampacked

Itsukushima island in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, with a famous shrine

Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences

to criticize severely / to slate

to strike a severe blow / to crack down / to take strong measures