言之有理 yánzhīyǒulǐ to speak with good reason Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 言 yán verbadverb to say to speak; to talk; to state or tell之 zhī pronoun it Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".有理 yǒulǐ reasonable reasonable; justified; in the right; having a good reason or basis