| 1 | 强烈 | 強烈 | qiáng liè | qiang2 lie4 | intense; (violently) strong | | |
| 2 | 激烈 | 激烈 | jī liè | ji1 lie4 | (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme | | |
| 3 | 热烈 | 熱烈 | rè liè | re4 lie4 | enthusiastic; ardent; warm | | |
| 4 | 剧烈 | 劇烈 | jù liè | ju4 lie4 | violent; acute; severe; fierce | | |
| 5 | 猛烈 | 猛烈 | měng liè | meng3 lie4 | fierce; violent (criticism etc) | | |
| 6 | 烈士 | 烈士 | liè shì | lie4 shi4 | martyr | | |
| 7 | 烈火 | 烈火 | liè huǒ | lie4 huo3 | raging inferno; blaze | | |
| 8 | 轰轰烈烈 | 轟轟烈烈 | hōng hōng liè liè | hong1 hong1 lie4 lie4 | strong; vigorous; large-scale | | |
| 9 | 壮烈 | 壯烈 | zhuàng liè | zhuang4 lie4 | brave; heroic | | |
| 10 | 烈 | 烈 | liè | lie4 | ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements | | |
| 11 | 烈日 | 烈日 | liè rì | Lie4 ri4 | scorching sun; Liege, town in Belgium | | |
| 12 | 虎烈拉 | 虎烈拉 | hǔ liè lā | hu3 lie4 la1 | cholera (loanword) | | |
| 13 | 拉那烈 | 拉那烈 | lā nà liè | La1 na4 lie4 | Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944-), Cambodian politician and son of former King Sihanouk of Cambodia | | |
| 14 | 劲烈 | 勁烈 | jìng liè | jing4 lie4 | violent | | |
| 15 | 节烈 | 節烈 | jié liè | jie2 lie4 | (of a woman) indomitably chaste | | |
| 16 | 疾风知劲草,烈火见真金 | 疾風知勁草,烈火見真金 | jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn | ji2 feng1 zhi1 jin4 cao3 , lie4 huo3 jian4 zhen1 jin1 | the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister; to show one's true colors after a stern test | | |
| 17 | 忽必烈 | 忽必烈 | hū bì liè | Hu1 bi4 lie4 | Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 , first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294 | | |
| 18 | 功烈 | 功烈 | gōng liè | gong1 lie4 | achievement | | |
| 19 | 革命先烈 | 革命先烈 | gé mìng xiān liè | ge2 ming4 xian1 lie4 | martyr to the revolution | | |
| 20 | 革命烈士 | 革命烈士 | gé mìng liè shì | ge2 ming4 lie4 shi4 | martyr of the revolution | | |
| 21 | 高能烈性炸药 | 高能烈性炸藥 | gāo néng liè xìng zhà yào | gao1 neng2 lie4 xing4 zha4 yao4 | high explosive | | |
| 22 | 腓特烈斯塔 | 腓特烈斯塔 | féi tè liè sī tǎ | Fei2 te4 lie4 si1 ta3 | Fredrikstad (city in Østfold, Norway) | | |
| 23 | 地震烈度 | 地震烈度 | dì zhèn liè dù | di4 zhen4 lie4 du4 | earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power) | | |
| 24 | 炽烈 | 熾烈 | chì liè | chi4 lie4 | burning fiercely; flaming; blazing | | |
| 25 | 惨烈 | 慘烈 | cǎn liè | can3 lie4 | bitter; desperate | | |