岂有此理 / 豈有此理

qǐ​yǒu​cǐ​lǐ

outrageous

how can this be so; preposterous or absurd; used as an exclamation to express indignation at something unreasonable

岂 (literal) → 岂/豈 · qǐ · how 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is 此 (literal) → 此 · cǐ · this 理 (literal) → 理 · lǐ · reason

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM