说不过
shuō​bu​guò

to be unable to outargue

  • created sense approved 说不过/說不過 · shuō​bu​guò · to be unable to outargue — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    说不过 / 說不過

    shuō​bu​guò

    to be unable to outargue

    to be unable to win an argument or debate against someone; to be unable to match someone's eloquence

    说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 不 (bound) → 不 · bu · [potential] 过 (bound) → 过/過 · guò · [potential/result]

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

    created sense