"Terrible" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 恐怖 | kǒng bù | terrible / frightful / frightening / terror / terrorist |   |
| 厉害 |  lì hai | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 可怕 | kě pà | awful / dreadful / fearful / formidable / frightful / scary / hideous / horrible / terrible / terribly | |
| 糟糕 | zāo gāo | too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad | |
| 利害 | lì hai | terrible / formidable / serious / devastating / tough / capable / sharp / severe / fierce | |
| 艰巨 | jiān jù | arduous / terrible (task) / very difficult / formidable | |
| 臭 | chòu | stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition) | |
| 了不得 | liǎo bu de | terrific / terrible / (after 得[de5]) very | |
| 骇人听闻 | hài rén tīng wén | shocking / horrifying / atrocious / terrible | |
| 够呛 | gòu qiàng | unbearable / terrible / enough / unlikely | |
| 鬼 | guǐ | ghost / demon / terrible / damnable / clever / sly / crafty / (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc) / one of the 28 constellations | |
| 空部 | kōng bù | terrible; | |
| 杯具 | bēi jù | cup / (slang) (pun on 悲劇|悲剧[bei1 ju4], tragedy) so bad / terrible / bummer / fiasco / debacle | |
| 大发雷霆 | dà fā léi tíng | to be furious / to fly into a terrible rage | |
| 烂摊子 | làn tān zi | terrible mess / shambles | |
| 罪大恶极 | zuì dà è jí | guilty of terrible crimes (idiom) / reprehensible | |
| 生灵涂炭 | shēng líng tú tàn | people are in a terrible situation (idiom) | |
| 惨祸 | cǎn huò | terrible tragedy / grave mishap | |
| 凌乱不堪 | líng luàn bù kān | in a terrible mess (idiom) | |
| 害人精 | hài rén jīng | goblin that kills or harms people / fig. wicked scoundrel / terrible pest | |
| 一哭二闹三上吊 | yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào | to make a terrible scene (idiom) / to throw a tantrum | |
| 洋罪 | yáng zuì | terrible pain / torture / (coll.) pain suffered at the hand of foreigners | |
| 鲜花插在牛粪上 | xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng | lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man) | |
