义项
能力很强，让人佩服或者感到害怕
Praise with an edge of awe — said of someone whose skill or force is a little intimidating, not merely good. 他很厉害 can mean a person is brilliant at something or simply not to be crossed; tone of voice tells the difference.
adjective用在动词或形容词后面，表示程度很深
adjectiveAfter 得, 厉害 measures how bad something has become rather than how impressive someone is: 疼得很厉害, hurting terribly; 咳嗽得很厉害, coughing badly. Here it is closer to "severely" than to "amazingly."
例句
- 他汉语说得真厉害，跟中国人一样。他漢語說得真厲害，跟中國人一樣。Tā (first tone, high and level) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) shuō (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) zhēn (first tone, high and level) lìhai, (fourth tone, falling) gēn (first tone, high and level) Zhōngguórén (first tone, high and level) yíyàng. (second tone, rising)···
His Chinese is really impressive — just like a native speaker.
- 他病了，咳嗽得很厉害。他病了，咳嗽得很厲害。Tā (first tone, high and level) bìng (fourth tone, falling) le, (neutral tone) késou (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) hěn (third tone, dipping) lìhai. (fourth tone, falling)···
He’s ill and coughing badly.
常见错误
不太对他厉害打篮球。
正确他篮球打得很厉害。／他打篮球打得很厉害。
厉害 cannot sit in front of a verb like an adverb of manner. It comes after 得, describing how impressively the action was done, or stands alone praising the person: 他很厉害.