| 1 | 恶劣 | 惡劣 | è liè | e4 lie4 | vile; nasty; of very poor quality | | |
| 2 | 劣 | 劣 | liè | lie4 | inferior | | |
| 3 | 优劣 | 優劣 | yōu liè | you1 lie4 | good and bad; merits and drawbacks | | |
| 4 | 劣势 | 劣勢 | liè shì | lie4 shi4 | inferior; disadvantaged | | |
| 5 | 劣绅 | 劣紳 | liè shēn | lie4 shen1 | evil gentry; wicked landlord | | |
| 6 | 劣迹斑斑 | 劣跡斑斑 | liè jì bān bān | lie4 ji4 ban1 ban1 | notorious for one's misdeeds | | |
| 7 | 芜劣 | 蕪劣 | wú liè | wu2 lie4 | muddled and inferior (of writing) | | |
| 8 | 伪劣 | 偽劣 | wěi liè | wei3 lie4 | inferior; false | | |
| 9 | 顽劣 | 頑劣 | wán liè | wan2 lie4 | stubborn and obstreperous; naughty and mischievous | | |
| 10 | 拙劣 | 拙劣 | zhuō liè | zhuo1 lie4 | clumsy; botched | | |
| 11 | 土豪劣绅 | 土豪劣紳 | tǔ háo liè shēn | tu3 hao2 lie4 shen1 | local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia | | |
| 12 | 去杂去劣 | 去雜去劣 | qù zá qù liè | qu4 za2 qu4 lie4 | to rogue; to weed out (agriculture) (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 弃劣取优 | 棄劣取優 | qì liè qǔ yōu | qi4 lie4 qu3 you1 | to reject what is bad and absorb what is good (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 劣质 | 劣質 | liè zhì | lie4 zhi4 | shoddy; of poor quality | | |
| 15 | 劣汰 | 劣汰 | liè tài | lie4 tai4 | elimination of the weakest | | |
| 16 | 卑劣 | 卑劣 | bēi liè | bei1 lie4 | base; mean; despicable | | |
| 17 | 劣迹 | 劣跡 | liè jì | lie4 ji4 | bad record (esp. of a public official); unsavory track record | | |
| 18 | 劣币驱逐良币 | 劣幣驅逐良幣 | liè bì qū zhú liáng bì | lie4 bi4 qu1 zhu2 liang2 bi4 | bad money drives out good money (economics) | | |
| 19 | 假冒伪劣 | 假冒偽劣 | jiǎ mào wěi liè | jia3 mao4 wei3 lie4 | cheap quality counterfeit (goods); low-quality commodities | | |
| 20 | 扶优限劣 | 扶優限劣 | fú yōu xiàn liè | fu2 you1 xian4 lie4 | to support successful enterprises and restrict unsuccessful ones (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 方头不劣 | 方頭不劣 | fāng tóu bù liè | fang1 tou2 bu4 lie4 | obstinate and unamiable (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 恶劣影响 | 惡劣影響 | è liè yǐng xiǎng | e4 lie4 ying3 xiang3 | evil influence | | |
| 23 | 低劣 | 低劣 | dī liè | di1 lie4 | inferior quality; substandard; low-grade | | |
| 24 | 粗劣作品 | 粗劣作品 | cū liè zuò pǐn | cu1 lie4 zuo4 pin3 | kitsch; vulgar art; art in bad taste | | |
| 25 | 粗劣 | 粗劣 | cū liè | cu1 lie4 | coarse | | |