强 词 夺 理

qiǎng cí duó lǐdictionary entry

to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats

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Original source entry:

強詞奪理 强词夺理 [qiang3 ci2 duo2 li3] /to twist words and force logic (idiom)/sophistry/loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument/shoving false arguments down people's throats/

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Other forms in these source records: 強詞奪理

强
jiàng
stubborn / unyielding
qiáng
strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bǎi qiáng]
qiǎng
to force / to compel / to strive / to make an effort
Qiáng
surname Qiang
词
cí
word / statement / speech / lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Sòng cháo] (CL:首[shǒu])
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

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