to twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument; shoving false arguments down people's throats
trad. 強詞奪理
Also written 強詞奪理【qiǎng cí duó lǐ】
Characters in this word
4强
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surname Qiang
- Pinyin
- Qiáng
- Traditional
- 強
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 2485 of 2500
词
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old variant of 詞|词[ci2]
- Pinyin
- cí
- Traditional
- 䛐
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2348 of 2500
夺
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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
- Pinyin
- duó
- Traditional
- 奪
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 25848 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