Usage of the character 劣
liè
劣
[劣]
- inferior
zhuōliè
拙劣
[拙劣]
- clumsy; botched
cūliè
粗劣
[粗劣]
- coarse
lièděng
劣等
[劣等]
- poor-quality; inferior
lièzhì
劣质
[劣質]
- shoddy; of poor quality
lièshì
劣势
[劣勢]
- inferior
- disadvantaged
lièshēn
劣绅
[劣紳]
- evil gentry
- wicked landlord
wúliè
芜劣
[蕪劣]
- muddled and inferior (of writing)
bǐliè
鄙劣
[鄙劣]
- base
- mean
- despicable
wánliè
顽劣
[頑劣]
- stubborn and obstreperous
- naughty and mischievous
liètài
劣汰
[劣汰]
- elimination of the weakest
èliè
恶劣
[惡劣]
- vile
- nasty
- of very poor quality
yōuliè
优劣
[優劣]
- good and bad
- merits and drawbacks
wěiliè
伪劣
[偽劣]
- inferior
- false
bēiliè
卑劣
[卑劣]
- base
- mean
- despicable
dīliè
低劣
[低劣]
- inferior quality
- substandard
- low-grade
lièjì
劣迹
[劣跡]
- bad record (esp. of a public official)
- unsavory track record
shúyōushúliè
孰优孰劣
[孰優孰劣]
- which of the two is better?
cūlièzuòpǐn
粗劣作品
[粗劣作品]
- kitsch
- vulgar art
- art in bad taste
èlièyǐngxiǎng
恶劣影响
[惡劣影響]
- evil influence
yōushènglièbài
优胜劣败
[優勝劣敗]
- see 優勝劣汰／优胜劣汰 (yōushèngliètài)
wāiguālièzǎo
歪瓜劣枣
[歪瓜劣棗]
- ugly
- repulsive
- also written 歪瓜裂棗／歪瓜裂枣 (wāiguālièzǎo)
lièjìbānbān
劣迹斑斑
[劣跡斑斑]
- notorious for one's misdeeds
jiǎmàowěiliè
假冒伪劣
[假冒偽劣]
- cheap quality counterfeit (goods)
- low-quality commodities
yōushèngliètài
优胜劣汰
[優勝劣汰]
- survival of the fittest (idiom)
tǔháolièshēn
土豪劣绅
[土豪劣紳]
- local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
lièbìqūzhúliángbì
劣币驱逐良币
[劣幣驅逐良幣]
- bad money drives out good money (economics)