surname Li

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) invented a new kind of chocolate factory (厂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She attached a few of her neurons (万) to the factory so that she can mind control it. In this way she can create all kinds of new crazy flavors. She will be a fierce (厉) competitor on the market—if it weren't for this malicious spirit (厉) that will be haunting her. The spirit interferes with her neurons and makes her come up with all kinds of unspeakable horrors, ruining her mind controlled chocolate business.
strict / severe

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) invented a new kind of chocolate factory (厂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She attached a few of her neurons (万) to the factory so that she can mind control it. In this way she can create all kinds of new crazy flavors. She will be a fierce (厉) competitor on the market—if it weren't for this malicious spirit (厉) that will be haunting her. The spirit interferes with her neurons and makes her come up with all kinds of unspeakable horrors, ruining her mind controlled chocolate business.

厲 character breakdown

"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant

Mnemonic symbol: a chocolate factory. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is overjoyed to see that in the anglepod's living room (ang3), a small chocolate factory (厂) is for sale. He buys it, shaves his mustache, grows his hair a bit and renames himself to Willy Wonka to live in the chocolate factory.
surname Wan
ten thousand / a great number

= + : As mnemonic symbol I choose a neuron, since each neuron is said to connect to 10000 others.

= + : Willy Walrus needs to dig up the floor in the anthill's bathroom, but he is tired of doing so manually with a plough. To make his life easier, he sets up a wind wheel for electricity, connects a neuron to the wind wheel and the plough to transmit the electricity and uses his new DIY electric plough to dig much faster.

Characters with 厲 as component

surname Li

= + : While Li Qingzhao (li) is using the space station's bathroom (Ø4), a malicious spirit (厉) encourages (励) her to push a mysterious power button (力) next to her. She knows that she shouldn't push the button, but she just can't bear not to know what it actually does.
to encourage / to urge

= + : While Li Qingzhao (li) is using the space station's bathroom (Ø4), a malicious spirit (厉) encourages (励) her to push a mysterious power button (力) next to her. She knows that she shouldn't push the button, but she just can't bear not to know what it actually does.
oyster
grind / sandstone
variant of 砅[li4]
coarse rice

Words with 厲

lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify
pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction
abrasive / husky (voice)
lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart / a sheep in wolf's clothing
severe in both looks and speech (idiom)
see 發揚踔厲|发扬踔厉[fa1 yang2 chuo1 li4]

Sentences with 厲

厲 currently does not appear in any sentence.