佢對人一陣又和善,一陣又嚴厲,令人無所適從
佢对人一阵又和善,一阵又严厉,令人无所适从
At one moment he is kind and soft-spoken, another moment later, he is literally the wrath reincarnate, quite a bipolar person, don't you think?
形容詞
程度嚴重;緊急 a state of urgency; severity
法院向佢發出咗嚴厲嘅警告。
法院向佢发出咗严厉嘅警告。
The court has issued a severe warning regarding this behavior.
From his demanding attitude in this trivial matter, we can predict that students will have a hard time.
Cantonese
佢对人一阵又和善,一阵又严厉,令人无所适从
佢對人一陣又和善,一陣又嚴厲,令人無所適從
At one moment he is kind and soft-spoken, another moment later, he is literally the wrath reincarnate, quite a bipolar person, don't you think?
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
严厉
嚴厲
yán lì
strict; stern; sever
stern
Mandarin
记者:“我们注意到现在外面有很多关于前中央政治局委员周永康的一些消息和报导,我不知道发言人对这个事情有没有什么可以透露的?”吕新华:“我们所说的不论是什么人不论其职位有多高,只要是触犯了党纪国法,都要受到严肃的追查和严厉的惩处,绝不是一句空话。我只能回答成这样了,你懂的。”
記者:“我們注意到現在外面有很多關於前中央政治局委員周永康的一些消息和報導,我不知道發言人對這個事情有沒有什麼可以透露的?”呂新華:“我們所説的不論是什麼人不論其職位有多高,只要是觸犯了黨紀國法,都要受到嚴肅的追查和嚴厲的懲處,絕不是一句空話。我只能回答成這樣了,你懂的。”
jì zhě : “ wǒ men zhù yì dào xiàn zài wài miàn yǒu hěn duō guān yú qián zhōng yāng zhèng zhì jú wěi yuán zhōu yǒng kāng de yī xiē xiāo xī hé bào dǎo , wǒ bù zhī dào fā yán rén duì zhè ge shì qíng yǒu méi yǒu shén me kě yǐ tòu lù de ? ” Lǚ xīn huá : “ wǒ men suǒ shuō de bù lùn shì shén me rén bù lùn qí zhí wèi yǒu duō gāo , zhǐ yào shì chù fàn le dǎng jì guó fǎ , dōu yào shòu dào yán sù de zhuī chá hé yán lì de chéng chǔ , jué bù shì yī jù kōng huà . wǒ zhǐ néng huí dá chéng zhè yàng le , nǐ dǒng de . ”
Journalist: "We noticed that there are currently a lot of (unconfirmed) news and reports about the former Politburo member Zhou Yongkang in the media. I'm not sure - is there anything the spokesperson would like to disclose regarding this?"
Mandarin
我们所说的不论是什么人不论其职位有多高,只要是触犯了党纪国法,都要受到严肃的追查和严厉的惩处,绝不是一句空话。
我們所説的不論是什麼人不論其職位有多高,只要是觸犯了黨紀國法,都要受到嚴肅的追查和嚴厲的懲處,絕不是一句空話。
wǒ men suǒ shuō de bù lùn shì shén me rén bù lùn qí zhí wèi yǒu duō gāo , zhǐ yào shì chù fàn le dǎng jì guó fǎ , dōu yào shòu dào yán sù de zhuī chá hé yán lì de chéng chǔ , jué bù shì yī jù kōng huà .
As we said, anyone who violates the party's discipline and the state law will be seriously investigated and punished, no matter who he is or how high ranking he is. This is definitely not an empty statement.
Mandarin
我知道这种论调在今日是很不合时宜的,是触犯忌讳的,是至少要引起严厉的抗议的。可是我心里要说的话,不能因为人不爱听就不说了。
我知道這種論調在今日是很不合時宜的,是觸犯忌諱的,是至少要引起嚴厲的抗議的。可是我心裏要説的話,不能因為人不愛聽就不説了。
wǒ zhī dào zhè zhǒng lùn diào zài jīn rì shì hěn bù hé shí yí de , shì chù fàn jì huì de , shì zhì shǎo yào yǐn qǐ yán lì de kàng yì de . kě shì wǒ xīn lǐ yào shuō de huà , bù néng yīn wèi rén bù ài tīng jiù bù shuō le .
X
Mandarin
但他们往往遭农会严厉拒绝,所以他们总是悬心吊胆地过日子
但他們往往遭農會嚴厲拒絕,所以他們總是懸心吊膽地過日子
dàn tā men wǎng wǎng zāo nóng huì yán lì jù jué , suǒ yǐ tā men zǒng shì xuán xīn diào dǎn de guò rì zi
But more often than not they are turned down flat by the peasant associations, and so they are always on tenterhooks