我听说他打麻将很厉害。

I hear he is good at mahjong.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 听说 tīngshuō
  1. to hear (sth said)
  2. one hears (that)
  3. hearsay
  4. listening and speaking
3 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
4 打麻将 dǎmájiàng
  1. (intransitive) to play mahjong
  2. to play mahjong
5 很 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
=6 厉害 lìhai
  1. (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding
  2. (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough
  3. (of an animal) fierce
  4. (of a resemblance) striking
  5. (of liquor or chili pepper) strong
  6. (of bacteria) virulent
=6 厉害 lìhài
  1. (informal) excellent; amazing; fantastic; impressive
  2. (of a wild animal, a person's temper, words, etc.) fierce
  3. (of illness, heat, cold, etc.) intense; severe; serious
  4. excellent; amazing; fantastic; impressive
  5. fierce
  6. intense; severe; serious
  7. strict; stern; severe