強詞奪理

Chinese

		strength; force; power strength; force; power; powerful; better	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem	rob; snatch	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (強詞奪理)		強	詞	奪	理
simp. (强词夺理)		强	词	夺	理
alternative forms		強辭奪理／强辞夺理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎngcíduólǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄘˊ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁵ ci⁴ dyut⁶ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎngcíduólǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄘˊ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎngcíhduólǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang³-tzʻŭ²-to²-li³
    • Yale: chyǎng-tsź-dwó-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheangtsyrdwolii
    • Palladius: цянцыдоли (cjancydoli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: koeng⁵ ci⁴ dyut⁶ lei⁵
    • Yale: kéuhng chìh dyuht léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁵ tsi⁴ dyt⁹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁵ qi⁴ düd⁶ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰiː²¹ tyːt̚² lei̯¹³/

Idiom

強詞奪理

1. to use lame arguments and perverted logic; shoving false arguments down people's throats; sophistry

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 打橫嚟講／打横嚟讲