# 严厉 (yánlì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 严厉 (yánlì) means “strict; severe”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: strict; severe
- Pinyin: yánlì (yan2 li4)
- Traditional: 嚴厲
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 老师严厉地批评了他的错误。
  Lǎoshī yánlì de pīpíng le tā de cuòwù.
  The teacher criticized his mistake severely.

## Characters

- [严](https://hanziro.com/word/yan-strict/) (yán): strict; rigorous
- 厉 (lì): strict; severe

https://hanziro.com/word/yan-li-strict/

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