不可理喻

Mandarin · pinyin bù kě lǐ yù

Meanings

  1. (idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
可
kě · may, can, -able; possibly
理
lǐ · reason, logic; manage
喻
yù · metaphor, analogy; example; like
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4–3–3–4 · bu4 ke3 li3 yu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bat1 ho2 lei5 jyu6

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bat1 ho2 lei5 jyu6

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  1. (idiomatic) to defy reason; to be unreasonable because of stupidity or stubbornness

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