Read Edit View history Discussion 自圓其說 zìyuánqíshuō to justify oneself Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 自圆其说 自圓其說 zìyuánqíshuō to justify oneself to make one's story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation for a claim that seems contradictory; to plug the holes in one's argument Frequency Movie subtitles 0.570 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.662 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
自圆其说 自圓其說 zìyuánqíshuō to justify oneself to make one's story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation for a claim that seems contradictory; to plug the holes in one's argument Frequency Movie subtitles 0.570 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.662 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)