嚴厲打擊

1. • to strike a severe blow
2. • to crack down
3. • to take strong measures

Character by character

• 嚴(yán)surname Yan
• 厲(lì)surname Li
• 打(dǎ)a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings
• 擊(jī)hit