jiǎng​lǐ

to be reasonable

  • created reference approved 讲理/講理 → 讲道理/講道理 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    讲理 / 講理 jiǎng​lǐ

    讲道理 / 講道理 jiǎng​dào​lǐ

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 讲理/講理 · jiǎng​lǐ · to reason with — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    讲理 / 講理

    jiǎng​lǐ

    to reason with

    To reason with someone; to argue or debate the rights and wrongs of a matter.

    讲, 理

    讲 (literal) → 讲/講 · jiǎng · to speak 理 (literal) → 理 · lǐ · reason

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 讲理/講理 · jiǎng​lǐ · to be reasonable — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    讲理 / 講理

    jiǎng​lǐ

    to be reasonable

    To listen to reason; to be sensible or fair-minded.

    讲, 理

    讲 (literal) → 讲/講 · jiǎng · to emphasize 理 (literal) → 理 · lǐ · reason

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

    created sense