severe, stern, hard ☊ 
nghiêm khắc 
severe like: nghiêm khắc → →
anstrengend ☊ 
nhọc nhằn, căng thẳng, nghiêm khắc ☊ 
费力的 ☊ fèi lì de streng sein ☊ nghiêm khắc ☊ 严格 ☊ yán gé anstrengend ☊ nhọc nhằn, căng thẳng, nghiêm khắc ☊ ☊ streng sein ☊ nghiêm khắc ☊ ☊ admit to doing sth: She admits to being strict with her children. ☊ admit ☊
Many of these children have led very sheltered lives (= they have not had many different experiences). ☊ life ☊
She's very strict about things like homework. ☊ strict ☊
They were always very strict with their children. ☊ strict ☊
Schools use various methods of testing. ☊ test ☊