愈 演 愈 烈

yùyǎn-yùliè

“Ever more critical” in Chinese is 愈演愈烈.

Meaning

ever more critical
problems get more and more intense

Example

在这个城市，白人和黑人间的争端愈演愈烈。

The conflict between blacks and whites in the city became worse.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yùHSK 7-913 strokesthe more...(the more...)yǎnHSK 314 strokesto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)lièHSK 310 strokesardent

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