经不起推究
jīng​bù​qǐ​tuī​jiū

cannot bear scrutiny

  • created sense approved 经不起推究/經不起推究 · jīng​bù​qǐ​tuī​jiū · cannot bear scrutiny — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    经不起推究 / 經不起推究

    jīng​bù​qǐ​tuī​jiū

    cannot bear scrutiny

    does not bear examination; cannot stand up to being looked into closely

    经不起 (literal) → 经不起/經不起 · jīng​bu​qǐ · cannot stand 推究 (literal) → 推究 · tuī​jiū · to examine

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

    created sense