"理屈詞窮" meaning in All languages combined

See 理屈詞窮 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lei̯¹³ wɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/, /lei̯¹³ wɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: lǐqūcíqióng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩ ㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lei⁵ wat¹ ci⁴ kung⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lǐqūcíqióng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǐcyucíhcyóng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], li³-chʻü¹-tzʻŭ²-chʻiung² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǐ-chyū-tsź-chyúng [Mandarin, Yale], liichiutsyrchyong [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лицюйцыцюн [Mandarin, Palladius], licjujcycjun [Mandarin, Palladius], léih wāt chìh kùhng [Cantonese, Yale], lei⁵ wat⁷ tsi⁴ kung⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], léi⁵ wed¹ qi⁴ kung⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 理屈词穷
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 理屈詞窮
  1. to be unable to put forth any convincing arguments to justify one's opinion; to not have a leg to stand on Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 詞窮理屈/词穷理屈 (cíqiónglǐqū), 詞窮理屈 (cíqiónglǐqū), 词穷理屈 (cíqiónglǐqū)
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "理屈词穷",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "理屈詞窮",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "reasons are faulty and words have run out",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be unable to put forth any convincing arguments to justify one's opinion; to not have a leg to stand on"
      ],
      "id": "en-理屈詞窮-zh-phrase-1hhqY0cG",
      "links": [
        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "put forth",
          "put forth"
        ],
        [
          "convincing",
          "convincing"
        ],
        [
          "argument",
          "argument"
        ],
        [
          "justify",
          "justify"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "not have a leg to stand on",
          "not have a leg to stand on"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "cíqiónglǐqū",
          "word": "詞窮理屈/词穷理屈"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cíqiónglǐqū",
          "word": "詞窮理屈"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cíqiónglǐqū",
          "word": "词穷理屈"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐqūcíqióng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩ ㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lei⁵ wat¹ ci⁴ kung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐqūcíqióng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐcyucíhcyóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "li³-chʻü¹-tzʻŭ²-chʻiung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐ-chyū-tsź-chyúng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liichiutsyrchyong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лицюйцыцюн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "licjujcycjun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "léih wāt chìh kùhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lei⁵ wat⁷ tsi⁴ kung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "léi⁵ wed¹ qi⁴ kung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lei̯¹³ wɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lei̯¹³ wɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "理屈詞窮"
}
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    {
      "form": "理屈词穷",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "理屈詞窮",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "reasons are faulty and words have run out",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 屈",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 理",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 窮",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 詞",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be unable to put forth any convincing arguments to justify one's opinion; to not have a leg to stand on"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "put forth",
          "put forth"
        ],
        [
          "convincing",
          "convincing"
        ],
        [
          "argument",
          "argument"
        ],
        [
          "justify",
          "justify"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "not have a leg to stand on",
          "not have a leg to stand on"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐqūcíqióng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩ ㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lei⁵ wat¹ ci⁴ kung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐqūcíqióng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐcyucíhcyóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "li³-chʻü¹-tzʻŭ²-chʻiung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǐ-chyū-tsź-chyúng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liichiutsyrchyong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лицюйцыцюн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "licjujcycjun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "léih wāt chìh kùhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lei⁵ wat⁷ tsi⁴ kung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "léi⁵ wed¹ qi⁴ kung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lei̯¹³ wɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lei̯¹³ wɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "cíqiónglǐqū",
      "word": "詞窮理屈/词穷理屈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cíqiónglǐqū",
      "word": "詞窮理屈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cíqiónglǐqū",
      "word": "词穷理屈"
    }
  ],
  "word": "理屈詞窮"
}

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