强词夺理 |
qiǎng cí duó lǐ |
to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats |
强 |
Qiáng |
surname Qiang |
强 |
jiàng |
stubborn / unyielding |
强 |
qiáng |
strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百强 |
强 |
qiǎng |
to force / to compel / to strive / to make an effort |
强 |
jiàng |
variant of 强 |
强 |
qiáng |
variant of 强 |
强 |
qiǎng |
variant of 强 |
词 |
cí |
old variant of 词 |
词 |
cí |
word / statement; speech; lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (CL:首) |
夺 |
duó |
to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose |
理 |
lǐ |
texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up |