自圆其说
zì yuán qí shuō
Pinyin

Definition

自圆其说
 - 
zì yuán qí shuō
  1. to make a story or theory consistent
  2. to give a plausible explanation
  3. to plug the holes in one's story

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
其实
qí shí
  1. 1 actually
  2. 2 in fact
  3. 3 really
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
其
qí
  1. 1 his
  2. 2 her
  3. 3 its
  4. 4 their
  5. 5 that
  6. 6 such
  7. 7 it (refers to sth preceding it)
其中
qí zhōng
  1. 1 among
  2. 2 in
  3. 3 included among these
其他
qí tā
  1. 1 other
  2. 2 (sth or sb) else
  3. 3 the rest
其它
qí tā
  1. 1 other
  2. 2 the others
  3. 3 else
  4. 4 other than it
  5. 5 in addition to the thing mentioned above
其次
qí cì
  1. 1 next
  2. 2 secondly
其余
qí yú
  1. 1 the rest
  2. 2 the others
  3. 3 remaining
  4. 4 remainder
  5. 5 apart from them
出自
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from
各自
gè zì
  1. 1 each
  2. 2 respective
  3. 3 apiece
大自然
dà zì rán
  1. 1 nature (the natural world)
尤其
yóu qí
  1. 1 especially
  2. 2 particularly
尤其是
yóu qí shì
  1. 1 especially
  2. 2 most of all
  3. 3 above all
  4. 4 in particular
极其
jí qí
  1. 1 extremely
独自
dú zì
  1. 1 alone
发自
fā zì
  1. 1 to evolve from
自主
zì zhǔ
  1. 1 independent
  2. 2 to act for oneself
  3. 3 autonomous
自信
zì xìn
  1. 1 to have confidence in oneself
  2. 2 self-confidence

Idioms (20)

三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
  1. 1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to take great pains
  3. 3 to be very patient
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
  1. 1 to be discontented with one's home
  2. 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
  1. 1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
  2. 2 innumerable
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
其貌不扬
qí mào bù yáng
  1. 1 (idiom) nothing special to look at
  2. 2 unprepossessing
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard

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