无理取闹 (無理取鬧)
wú lǐ qǔ nào
Pinyin

Definition

无理取闹 (無理取鬧)
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wú lǐ qǔ nào
  1. to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

心理
xīn lǐ
  1. 1 psychology
  2. 2 mentality
获取
huò qǔ
  1. 1 to gain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to acquire
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 classifier: 个 gè
理解
lǐ jiě
  1. 1 to comprehend
  2. 2 to understand
  3. 3 comprehension
  4. 4 understanding

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
以貌取人
yǐ mào qǔ rén
  1. 1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

你这是无理取闹。修路、堵车又不是我安排的。我一点都没绕路，你不满意可以去投诉。到时候我们看谁有道理。
nǐ zhè shì wúlǐqǔnào 。xiū lù 、dǔchē yòu bù shì wǒ ānpái de 。wǒ yīdiǎn dōu méi ràolù ，nǐ bù mǎnyì kěyǐ qù tóusù 。dào shíhou wǒmen kàn shéi yǒu dàolǐ 。
You're just purposely causing trouble. It's not like I arranged the road construction and the traffic jam. I didn't take a longer route, and if you're not satisfied you can file a complaint. When the time comes we'll see who's making more sense.
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