Meaning
inferior
Chinese: 不好、低下。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “lie” becomes a different word in each tone. 劣 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 恶劣è lièvile; nasty; of very poor quality
- 优胜劣汰yōu shèng liè tàisurvival of the fittest (idiom)
- 劣势liè shìinferior; disadvantaged
- 劣质liè zhìshoddy; of poor quality
- 拙劣zhuō lièclumsy; botched
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Example Sentence
在恶劣的天气里，他们仍然坚持训练。Zài è liè de tiān qì lǐ, tā men réng rán jiān chí xùn liàn.In bad weather, they still kept training.
在Zàiat恶劣è lièvile的deof天气tiān qìweather里lǐinside，他们tā menthey仍然réng ránstill坚持jiān chíto persevere with训练xùn liànto train。