理屈詞窮

Chinese

		to be in the wrong	to be unable to give a response as one is in the wrong or has given flawed arguments
trad. (理屈詞窮)		理屈	詞窮
simp. (理屈词穷)		理屈	词穷
Literally: “reasons are faulty and words have run out”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐqūcíqióng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ wat¹ ci⁴ kung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐqūcíqióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐcyucíhcyóng
  - Wade–Giles: li³-chʻü¹-tzʻŭ²-chʻiung²
  - Yale: lǐ-chyū-tsź-chyúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liichiutsyrchyong
  - Palladius: лицюйцыцюн (licjujcycjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁵ wat¹ ci⁴ kung⁴
  - Yale: léih wāt chìh kùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ wat⁷ tsi⁴ kung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ wed¹ qi⁴ kung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ wɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

理屈詞窮

to be unable to put forth any convincing arguments to justify one's opinion; to not have a leg to stand on

Synonyms

詞窮理屈／词穷理屈 (cíqiónglǐqū)

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