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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

讲理 [jiǎnglǐ]
  1. 1. verb be reasonable
    他这个人不讲理
    He is quite unreasonable.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

讲理 [jiǎnglǐ]
  1. 1. reason with somebody; argue
    咱们跟他讲理去。
    Let's go and argue it out with him.
    跟侵略者可以讲理吗?
  2. 2. listen (or be amenable) to reason; be reasonable; be sensible
    这人没法跟他讲理
    He is utterly unreasonable. or He is impervious to reason.
    他这人有时不讲理

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

讲理 [jiǎnglǐ]
  1. 1. 评判是非
    不能这么欺侮人,跟他讲理去。
  2. 2. 讲道理;通情达理
    蛮不讲理
    我不是不讲理的人。

Examples

咱们跟他讲理去。
Let's go and argue it out with him. 讲理
这人没法跟他讲理
He is utterly unreasonable. or He is impervious to reason. 讲理
他脾气很坏,而且蛮不讲理
He's bad-tempered and wilful. 蛮不讲理
他态度强横,没法跟他讲理
He is too surly to reason with. 强横
既然他不讲理,跟他争辩也是枉然。
It's no use arguing with him when he refuses to listen to reason. 枉然
跟侵略者可以讲理吗? 讲理
他这人有时不讲理 讲理
不能蛮不讲理,否则会被认为是没文化。 蛮不讲理
他们人多胆壮, 不跟我们讲理了。
Having a crowd of people, they are fearless and no longer reason with us. 胆壮
瞧这一家人都不讲理, 你别去招惹他们了。
The whole family are irrational, don't deal with them any more. 一家人

Collocations

跟他讲理
reason something out with him
蛮不讲理
unreasonable
讲理
reasonable
讲理的地方
a place where justice can be upheld

Word Decomposition


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