愈 yù
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 俞 to consent, to approve 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
愈演愈烈
yùyǎnyùliè
to intensify; to grow increasingly fierce
Characters in this word
演 yǎn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 寅 to respect, to revere
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
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
Example phrases
- 这场风波愈演愈烈，公司不得不公开道歉。 Zhè chǎng fēngbō yùyǎnyùliè, gōngsī bùdébù gōngkāi dàoqiàn. The controversy kept intensifying, and the company had no choice but to apologize publicly.
- 天气预报说，干旱正在愈演愈烈，许多农民十分担心。 Tiānqì yùbào shuō, gànhàn zhèngzài yùyǎnyùliè, xǔduō nóngmín shífēn dānxīn. The weather forecast says the drought is intensifying, and many farmers are very worried.
- 邻居们的争吵愈演愈烈，最后大家都出来劝架。 Línjūmen de zhēngchǎo yùyǎnyùliè, zuìhòu dàjiā dōu chūlái quànjià. The neighbors' quarrel grew fiercer and fiercer, and in the end everyone came out to intervene.
Related words
- 愈 yù increasingly; the more
- 愈合 yùhé to heal
- 愈加 yùjiā increasingly; all the more
- 治愈 zhìyù to cure; to heal
- 表演 biǎoyǎn to perform; performance
- 导演 dǎoyǎn director
- 演 yǎn to act as
- 演唱 yǎnchàng to sing on stage
- 演唱会 yǎnchànghuì concert
- 演出 yǎnchū performance; show
- 演员 yǎnyuán actor
- 演讲 yǎnjiǎng speech; to give a speech