how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd
trad. 豈有此理
Also written 豈有此理【qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ】
Characters in this word
4岂
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old variant of 愷|恺[kai3], old variant of 凱|凯[kai3]
- Pinyin
- kǎi
- Traditional
- 豈
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 9527 of 2500
有
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to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- Pinyin
- yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13 of 2500
此
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this; these
- Pinyin
- cǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1017 of 2500
理
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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
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 6715 of 2500