烈 liè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 列 a line 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
烈日
lièrì
scorching sun; blazing sun
Characters in this word
日 rì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 工人们顶着烈日修复供水管道，直到傍晚才完成抢修。 Gōngrén men dǐngzhe lièrì xiūfù gōngshuǐ guǎndào, zhídào bàngwǎn cái wánchéng qiǎngxiū. The workers repaired the water-supply pipeline under the blazing sun and did not finish the emergency work until evening.
- 烈日当空，田里的农民还在弯腰干活。 Lièrì dāngkōng, tián lǐ de nóngmín hái zài wān yāo gàn huó. With the blazing sun overhead, the farmers in the field were still bent over at work.
- 夏天的烈日把路面晒得发烫，连小狗都不愿出门。 Xiàtiān de lièrì bǎ lùmiàn shài de fātàng, lián xiǎogǒu dōu bú yuàn chūmén. The summer sun scorched the road until it was burning hot, and even the puppy didn't want to go out.
Related words
- 强烈 qiángliè intense; strong
- 热烈 rèliè warm; enthusiastic
- 激烈 jīliè intense
- 剧烈 jùliè intense, fierce
- 烈士 lièshì martyr; fallen hero
- 猛烈 měngliè violent; fierce; intense
- 兴高采烈 xìnggāocǎiliè in high spirits; elated
- 愈演愈烈 yùyǎnyùliè to intensify; to grow increasingly fierce
- 壮烈 zhuàngliè heroic; brave and tragic
- 日 rì day, date; sun
- 日期 rìqī date
- 生日 shēngrì birthday