愈演愈烈yùyǎnyùlièTop 15000Meanings1. ever more critical2. problems get more and more intenseCharacters used愈to recover演to perform烈ardentExamples1在zài这个zhège城市chéngshì，白人báirén和hé黑人hēirén间jiān的de争端zhēngduān愈演愈烈yùyǎnyùliè。The conflict between blacks and whites in the city became worse.