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Chinese symbol for “rigorously”

厉行
lì xíng
Traditional: 厲行
to do (sth) with rigor; rigorously

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rigorously is 厉行 (lì xíng), defined as: to do (sth) with rigor; rigorously.

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Characters and stroke order

厉 lì
whetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
radical 27 ⼚ · 5 strokes
行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “rigorously”

WordPinyinMeaning
严加 (嚴加)yán jiāsternly; strictly

Related words

Other words that share a character with 厉行.

WordPinyinMeaning
厉害 (厲害)lì hai(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; a
严厉 (嚴厲)yán lìsevere; strict
再接再厉 (再接再厲)zài jiē zài lìto continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; unremitting efforts
变本加厉 (變本加厲)biàn běn jiā lìlit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming); to aggravate
严厉批评 (嚴厲批評)yán lì pī píngto criticize severely; to slate
凌厉 (凌厲)líng lìswift and fierce; fierce
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

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