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烈

Mandarin · pinyin liè

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烈: liè · fiery, violent, vehement, ardent

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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(literary or Hokkien) fiery; blazing
(literary or Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) intense; fierce
(literary) bright; brilliant
(literary) to burn
(literary) vehement; ardent; extreme
(literary) staunch; upright; strong
(honorific) person who dies for a special cause; martyr
(literary) merits; exploits; achievements
a surname

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