强词夺理
qiǎng​cí​duó​lǐ

to resort to sophistry

  • created reference approved 强词夺理/強詞奪理 → 强辞夺理/強辭奪理 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    强词夺理 / 強詞奪理 qiǎng​cí​duó​lǐ

    强辞夺理 / 強辭奪理 qiǎng​cí​duó​lǐ

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 强词夺理/強詞奪理 · qiǎng​cí​duó​lǐ · to resort to sophistry — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    强词夺理 / 強詞奪理

    qiǎng​cí​duó​lǐ

    to resort to sophistry

    (idiom) to use forced or fallacious arguments; to twist words to make a baseless argument sound logical; to shove false logic down people's throats

    强 (literal) → 强/強 · qiǎng · to force 词 (literal) → 词/詞 · cí · speech 夺 (literal) → 夺/奪 · duó · to seize 理 (literal) → 理 · lǐ · reason

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

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