| 烈 | 469B20 31.63 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄌㄧㄝˋ [lie4] | ||
| N. | A surname. | |||||
| Adj. & adv. | (1) Violent, hot, extreme, -ly: 烈火 very hot fire; 烈日當空 scorching sun overhead; 烈風 violent wind, storm; 烈焰 raging flames; 烈暑 hot summer; 暴烈 (of temper) violent; 猛烈，劇烈 (of poison) deadly, (slaughter, contest) violent; 慘烈 horrifying (massacre, etc.); 壯烈 brave, high-spirited. (2) Shining, brilliant: 烈名 brilliant fame. (3) Having sharp sense of honor: 節烈，貞烈, see 烈士，烈女 [lie4shi4], [lie4nU3]↓. (4) (Of medicine) strong, potent: 藥性很烈 causing sharp reaction. | |||||
| Words | 1. 烈婦 [lie4fu4], n., [lie4nU3]↓. 2. 烈烈 [lie4lie4], adj., (1) glorious, inspiring: 轟轟烈烈 (of career, campaign, achievement) astounding, glorious, heroic; (2) 憂心烈烈 (AC) burning with sorrow. 3. 烈女 [lie4nU3], n., “heroic women,” women who died in defense of their honor or committed suicide after husband's death rather than re-marry (烈婦), much encouraged by Neo-Confucianists. 4. 烈性 [lie4xing4], n. & adj., violent temper; (of medicine) violent. 5. 烈士 [lie4shi4], n., hero who died for the country; martyr. | |||||