| 劣势 | [ liè shì ] inferior, disadvantaged |
| 劣币驱逐良币 | [ liè bì qū zhú liáng bì ] bad money drives out good money (economics) |
| 劣绅 | [ liè shēn ] evil gentry, wicked landlord |
| 劣质 | [ liè zhì ] shoddy, of poor quality |
| 劣迹 | [ liè jì ] bad record (esp. of a public official), unsavory track record |
| 劣迹斑斑 | [ liè jì bān bān ] notorious for one's misdeeds |
| ⇒ 假冒伪劣 | [ jiǎ maò weǐ liè ] cheap quality counterfeit (goods), low-quality commodities |
| ⇒ 伪劣 | [ weǐ liè ] inferior, false |
| ⇒ 优劣 | [ yoū liè ] good and bad, merits and drawbacks |
| ⇒ 优胜劣败 | [ yoū shèng liè baì ] see 優勝劣汰|优胜劣汰[you1 sheng4 lie4 tai4] |
| ⇒ 优胜劣汰 | [ yoū shèng liè taì ] survival of the fittest (idiom) |
| ⇒ 土豪劣绅 | [ tǔ haó liè shēn ] local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia |
| ⇒ 孰优孰劣 | [ shú yoū shú liè ] which of the two is better? |
| ⇒ 恶劣 | [ è liè ] vile, nasty, of very poor quality |
| ⇒ 恶劣影响 | [ è liè yǐng xiǎng ] evil influence |
| ⇒ 歪瓜劣枣 | [ waī guā liè zaǒ ] ugly, repulsive, also written 歪瓜裂棗|歪瓜裂枣[wai1 gua1 lie4 zao3] |
| ⇒ 芜劣 | [ wú liè ] muddled and inferior (of writing) |
| ⇒ 顽劣 | [ wán liè ] stubborn and obstreperous, naughty and mischievous |