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自圆其说
zì​yuán​qí​shuō

rationalize

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
自圆其说 (自圓其說) zì​yuán​qí​shuō
rationalize idiom
to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.570 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.662 per million

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Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)