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恶劣

è liè

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 惡劣

恶劣 (è liè) means "vile, very bad (behavior/quality)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 恶劣 means

1. vile
2. nasty
3. of very poor quality

The characters in 恶劣

• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious
• 劣lièinferior

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.

Sounds the same

Read è liè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 颚裂cleft palate (birth defect)
• 腭裂cleft palate

Where 恶劣 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Conflict, Anger & Frustration (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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