# 愈演愈烈 (yùyǎnyùliè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 愈演愈烈 (yùyǎnyùliè) means “to grow more and more intense”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to grow more and more intense
- Pinyin: yùyǎnyùliè (yu4 yan3 yu4 lie4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 市场竞争正在愈演愈烈。
  Shìchǎng jìngzhēng zhèngzài yùyǎnyùliè.
  Market competition is growing ever more intense.

## Characters

- [愈](https://hanziro.com/word/yu-more-more/) (yù): (lit.) the more...the more; to recover
- [演](https://hanziro.com/word/yan-act/) (yǎn): to act; to perform
- 烈 (liè): ardent; intense

https://hanziro.com/word/yu-yan-yu-lie-grow-more-and/

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