| 烈 | liè | ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements |
| 烈士 | liè shì | martyr |
| 烈火 | liè huǒ | raging inferno; blaze |
| 烈属 | liè shǔ | family or dependents of martyr (in PRC, esp. revolutionary martyr) |
| 烈日 | Liè rì | Liege, town in Belgium |
| 烈性 | liè xìng | strong; intense; spirited; virulent |
| 烈女 | liè nǚ | a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death |
| 烈士陵 | liè shì líng | memorial mound; heroes' memorial |
| 烈山 | Liè shān | Lieshan district of Huaibei city 淮北市, Anhui |
| 烈山区 | Liè shān qū | Lieshan district of Huaibei city 淮北市, Anhui |
| 烈屿 | Liè yǔ | Liehyu township in Kinmen County 金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan |
| 烈屿乡 | Liè yǔ xiāng | Liehyu township in Kinmen County 金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan |
| 烈度 | liè dù | intensity |
| 烈怒 | liè nù | intense rage |
| 烈火干柴 | liè huǒ gān chái | lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile; fig. consuming passion between lovers |
| 烈焰 | liè yàn | raging flames |
| 烈酒 | liè jiǔ | strong alcoholic drink |
