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劣

liè

HSK 5 Character

What 劣 means

1. inferior

Example sentences

• 恶劣的天气。
  This is atrocious weather.
• 今天天气比昨天恶劣多了。
  Jīntiān tiānqì bǐ zuótiān èliè duō le.
  Today's weather is much worse than yesterday's.
• 由于天气恶劣，飞机延误了。
  Due to bad weather, the plane was late.
• 天气恶劣的时候尽量不要外出。
  Tiānqì èliè de shíhou jìnliàng bù yào wàichū.
  In severe weather, it's best to stay indoors.
• 恶霸恶劣地践踏同学的午餐便当。
  The bully stomped on his schoolmate’s lunchbox out of spite.
• 恶劣的天气对他的健康带来了影响。
  èliè de tiānqì duì tā de jiànkāng dàilái le yǐngxiǎng.
  The bad weather affected his health.

Words starting with 劣

• 劣质liè zhìshoddy; of poor quality
• 劣势liè shìinferior; disadvantaged
• 劣迹liè jìbad record (esp. of a public official); unsavory track record
• 劣等liè děngpoor-quality; inferior
• 劣币驱逐良币liè bì qū zhú liáng bìbad money drives out good money (economics)
• 劣迹斑斑liè jì bān bānnotorious for one's misdeeds
• 劣汰liè tàielimination of the weak (cf. 优胜劣汰
• 劣绅liè shēnevil gentry; wicked landlord

Words containing 劣

• 恶劣è lièvile; nasty; of very poor quality
• 优胜劣汰yōu shèng liè tài(idiom) survival of the fittest
• 优劣yōu liègood and bad; merits and drawbacks
• 假冒伪劣jiǎ mào wěi liècheap quality counterfeit (goods); low-quality commodities
• 卑劣bēi lièbase; mean; despicable
• 拙劣zhuō lièclumsy; botched
• 低劣dī lièinferior quality; substandard; low-grade
• 伪劣wěi lièinferior; false
• 顽劣wán lièstubborn and obstreperous; naughty and mischievous
• 粗劣cū liècoarse
• 鄙劣bǐ lièbase; mean; despicable
• 土豪劣绅tǔ háo liè shēnlocal bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
• 芜劣wú lièmuddled and inferior (of writing)
• 孰优孰劣shú yōu shú lièwhich of the two is better?
• 优胜劣败yōu shèng liè bàisee 优胜劣汰

Characters that look like 劣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 库kùwarehouse; storehouse; (file) library
• 县xiàncounty; (Japan) prefecture
• 妥tuǒsuitable; adequate; ready
• 甫fǔ(classical) barely; just; just now
• 吝lìn(bound form) stingy

Sounds the same

Read liè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 列to arrange; to line up; file
• 烈ardent; intense; fierce
• 裂to split; to crack; to break open
• 猎hunting
• 冽cold and raw
• 洌pure; to cleanse
• 鬣bristles; mane
• 劦unending exertion
• 捩tear; twist
• 趔used in 趔趄
• 埒(literary) equal; enclosure; dike
• 躐step across