理喻
lǐ yù
Pinyin

Definition

理喻
 - 
lǐ yù
  1. to reason with sb

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

不可理喻
bù kě lǐ yù
  1. 1 to be impervious to reason (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

刚刚我带宝宝出去转转，一不留神，一位老太太居然把我孩子抱起来亲，我客客气气让他把孩子放下，他还把孩子抱给另一位老太太！简直不可理喻！欸，你说他嘴巴有多少细菌呀？要是害我家宝宝生病了，谁负责？
gānggāng wǒ dài bǎobao chūqù zhuàn zhuan ，yī bù liúshén ，yī wèi lǎotàitai jūrán bǎ wǒ háizi bào qǐlái qīn ，wǒ kèkèqìqi ràng tā bǎ háizi fàngxià ，tā hái bǎ háizi bào gěi lìngyī wèi lǎotàitai ！jiǎnzhí bù kě lǐyù ！èi ，nǐ shuō tā zuǐbā yǒu duōshao xìjūn ya ？yàoshì hài wǒjiā bǎobao shēngbìng le ，shéi fùzé ？
I just took my baby out for a walk, and when my guard was down for one moment, an old woman suddenly picked up my child to kiss him. I politely asked her to put the child back down, but she gave the child to another old woman! It beggars belief! Agh! You don't know what germs there are in her mouth? If he got my baby sick, who would take responsibility for it?
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