岂有此理

岂有此理
qǐyǒucǐlǐ
preposterous; outrageous; absurd
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darned
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darned
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qi3 you3 ci3 li3
how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous, ridiculous, absurd
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岂有此理
qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ
There is no such a rule!; absurd; fantastic; by thunder; How can this be right?; How unreasonable!; Is there such a principle?; Outrageous!; preposterous; This is arrant nonsense indeed!; This is sheer effrontery!; Who ever heard of such a thing?
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豈有此理|岂有此理 [qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ] how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous ridiculous absurd

Chinese-English dictionary. . 2013.

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