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= li + Ø4
surname Li
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= li + Ø4
strict / severe
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How to pronounce 厉

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= li initial

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

厉 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= m + o4
used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
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wàn = w + an4
surname Wan
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wàn = w + an4
ten thousand / a great number
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hǎn = h + an3
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
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factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant
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Characters with 厉 as component

= li + Ø4
surname Li
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= li + Ø4
to encourage / to urge
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= li + Ø4
archaic variant of 櫪|枥, oak / type of tree in ancient books / stable (for horses)
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Words with 厉

(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent
severe / strict
lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify

Sentences with 厉

yāo
hóu
què
shí
hai

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