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愈演愈烈

yù yǎn yù liè

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

愈演愈烈 (yù yǎn yù liè) means "ever more critical; problems get more and more intense". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 愈演愈烈 means

1. ever more critical
2. problems get more and more intense

The characters in 愈演愈烈

• 愈yùthe more...(the more...); to recover; to heal
• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…
• 愈yùthe more...(the more...); to recover; to heal
• 烈lièardent; intense; fierce

Example sentences

• 在这个城市，白人和黑人间的争端愈演愈烈。
  Zài zhège chéngshì, báirén hé hēirén jiān de zhēngduān yù yǎn yù liè.
  The conflict between blacks and whites in the city became worse.

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