理不勝辭
lǐ​bù​shèng​cí

words outweigh the logic

  • created sense approved 理不胜辞/理不勝辭 · lǐ​bù​shèng​cí · words outweigh the logic — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    理不胜辞 / 理不勝辭

    lǐ​bù​shèng​cí

    words outweigh the logic

    Used to describe a piece of writing where the rhetorical style or choice of words is superior to the actual logic or reasoning; the content is not expressed as clearly as the language is ornate.

    lǐ​bù​shēng​cí

    理 (literal) → 理 · lǐ · reason 不胜 (literal) → 不胜/不勝 · bù​shēng · to be unable to bear 辞 (literal) → 辞/辭 · cí · word

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

    created sense