理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
Pinyin

Definition

理屈词穷
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lǐ qū cí qióng
  1. faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
  2. without a leg to stand on

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

委屈
wěi qu
  1. 1 to feel wronged
  2. 2 to cause sb to feel wronged
  3. 3 grievance
心理
xīn lǐ
  1. 1 psychology
  2. 2 mentality
整理
zhěng lǐ
  1. 1 to arrange
  2. 2 to tidy up
  3. 3 to sort out
  4. 4 to straighten out
  5. 5 to list systematically
  6. 6 to collate (data, files)
  7. 7 to pack (luggage)
理
lǐ
  1. 1 texture
  2. 2 grain (of wood)
  3. 3 inner essence
  4. 4 intrinsic order
  5. 5 reason
  6. 6 logic
  7. 7 truth
  8. 8 science
  9. 9 natural science (esp. physics)
  10. 10 to manage
  11. 11 to pay attention to
  12. 12 to run (affairs)
  13. 13 to handle
  14. 14 to put in order
  15. 15 to tidy up
理想
lǐ xiǎng
  1. 1 an ideal
  2. 2 a dream
  3. 3 ideal
  4. 4 perfect
理由
lǐ yóu
  1. 1 reason
  2. 2 grounds
  3. 3 justification
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
理解
lǐ jiě
  1. 1 to comprehend
  2. 2 to understand
  3. 3 comprehension
  4. 4 understanding
管理
guǎn lǐ
  1. 1 to supervise
  2. 2 to manage
  3. 3 to administer
  4. 4 management
  5. 5 administration
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
处理
chǔ lǐ
  1. 1 to handle
  2. 2 to treat
  3. 3 to deal with
  4. 4 to process
  5. 5 to deal with a criminal case
  6. 6 to mete out punishment
  7. 7 to offer for sale at a reduced price
  8. 8 to punish
护理
hù lǐ
  1. 1 to nurse
  2. 2 to tend and protect
道理
dào li
  1. 1 reason
  2. 2 argument
  3. 3 sense
  4. 4 principle
  5. 5 basis
  6. 6 justification
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
不理
bù lǐ
  1. 1 to refuse to acknowledge
  2. 2 to pay no attention to
  3. 3 to take no notice of
  4. 4 to ignore
代理
dài lǐ
  1. 1 to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position
  2. 2 to act as an agent or proxy
  3. 3 surrogate
  4. 4 (computing) proxy
修理
xiū lǐ
  1. 1 to repair
  2. 2 to fix
  3. 3 to prune
  4. 4 to trim
  5. 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. 6 to fix sb
伦理
lún lǐ
  1. 1 ethics
助理
zhù lǐ
  1. 1 assistant
原理
yuán lǐ
  1. 1 principle
  2. 2 theory
合理
hé lǐ
  1. 1 rational
  2. 2 reasonable
  3. 3 fair
哲理
zhé lǐ
  1. 1 philosophic theory
  2. 2 philosophy
地理
dì lǐ
  1. 1 geography

Idioms (20)

不可理喻
bù kě lǐ yù
  1. 1 to be impervious to reason (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不理不睬
bù lǐ bù cǎi
  1. 1 to completely ignore (idiom)
  2. 2 to pay no attention to
  3. 3 not to be in the least concerned about
伤天害理
shāng tiān hài lǐ
  1. 1 to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven
  2. 2 outrageous acts
入情入理
rù qíng rù lǐ
  1. 1 sensible and reasonable (idiom)
公说公有理，婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
卑躬屈膝
bēi gōng qū xī
  1. 1 to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning
  2. 2 bending and scraping to curry favor
合情合理
hé qíng hé lǐ
  1. 1 reasonable and fair (idiom)
喜结连理
xǐ jié lián lǐ
  1. 1 to tie the knot (idiom)
  2. 2 to get married
丧天害理
sàng tiān hài lǐ
  1. 1 devoid of conscience (idiom)
坐视不理
zuò shì bù lǐ
  1. 1 to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)
坚强不屈
jiān qiáng bù qū
  1. 1 staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
坚贞不屈
jiān zhēn bù qū
  1. 1 faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast
天理难容
tiān lǐ nán róng
  1. 1 Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom)
  2. 2 intolerable behavior
宁死不屈
nìng sǐ bù qū
  1. 1 rather die than submit (idiom)
屈指可数
qū zhǐ kě shǔ
  1. 1 can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
  2. 2 very few
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
  1. 1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
  2. 2 sophistry
  3. 3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
  4. 4 shoving false arguments down people's throats
据情办理
jù qíng bàn lǐ
  1. 1 to handle a situation according to the circumstances (idiom)
有条有理
yǒu tiáo yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
无理取闹
wú lǐ qǔ nào
  1. 1 to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative

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