| 劣 | [ liè ] inferior |
| 劣勢 | [ liè shì ] inferior, disadvantaged |
| 劣幣驅逐良幣 | [ liè bì qū zhú liáng bì ] bad money drives out good money (economics) |
| 劣汰 | [ liè taì ] elimination of the weakest |
| 劣紳 | [ liè shēn ] evil gentry, wicked landlord |
| 劣質 | [ liè zhì ] shoddy, of poor quality |
| 劣跡 | [ liè jì ] bad record (esp. of a public official), unsavory track record |
| 劣跡斑斑 | [ liè jì bān bān ] notorious for one's misdeeds |
| ⇒ 低劣 | [ dī liè ] inferior quality, substandard, low-grade |
| ⇒ 假冒偽劣 | [ jiǎ maò weǐ liè ] cheap quality counterfeit (goods), low-quality commodities |
| ⇒ 偽劣 | [ weǐ liè ] inferior, false |
| ⇒ 優劣 | [ yoū liè ] good and bad, merits and drawbacks |
| ⇒ 優勝劣敗 | [ yoū shèng liè baì ] see 優勝劣汰|优胜劣汰[you1 sheng4 lie4 tai4] |
| ⇒ 優勝劣汰 | [ yoū shèng liè taì ] survival of the fittest (idiom) |
| ⇒ 卑劣 | [ beī liè ] base, mean, despicable |
| ⇒ 土豪劣紳 | [ tǔ haó liè shēn ] local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia |
| ⇒ 孰優孰劣 | [ shú yoū shú liè ] which of the two is better? |
| ⇒ 惡劣 | [ è liè ] vile, nasty, of very poor quality |
| ⇒ 惡劣影響 | [ è liè yǐng xiǎng ] evil influence |
| ⇒ 拙劣 | [ zhuō liè ] clumsy, botched |
| ⇒ 歪瓜劣棗 | [ waī guā liè zaǒ ] ugly, repulsive, also written 歪瓜裂棗|歪瓜裂枣[wai1 gua1 lie4 zao3] |
| ⇒ 粗劣 | [ cū liè ] coarse |
| ⇒ 粗劣作品 | [ cū liè zuò pǐn ] kitsch, vulgar art, art in bad taste |
| ⇒ 蕪劣 | [ wú liè ] muddled and inferior (of writing) |
| ⇒ 鄙劣 | [ bǐ liè ] base, mean, despicable |
| ⇒ 頑劣 | [ wán liè ] stubborn and obstreperous, naughty and mischievous |