- 岂有此理
- qǐyǒucǐlǐpreposterous; outrageous; absurd* * *darned* * *darned* * *qi3 you3 ci3 li3how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous, ridiculous, absurd* * *岂有此理qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐThere 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?* * *豈有此理|岂有此理 [qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ] ► how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous ► ridiculous ► absurd
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.