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Definition(s) for: 强词夺理

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
强词夺理 qiǎng cí duó lǐ - to twist words and force logic (idiom)
- sophistry
- loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
- shoving false arguments down people's throats

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 32,313 56,100 39,520

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
强 qiáng- surname Qiang
强 jiàng- stubborn
- unyielding
强 qiáng- strong
- powerful
- better
- slightly more than
- vigorous
- violent
- best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
强 qiǎng- to force
- to compel
- to strive
- to make an effort
强 jiàng- variant of 強|强[jiang4]
强 qiáng- variant of 強|强[qiang2]
强 qiǎng- variant of 強|强[qiang3]
词 cí- old variant of 詞|词[ci2]
词 cí- word
- statement; speech; lyrics
- a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
夺 duó- 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
理 lǐ- 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

Other Words Containing 强词夺理

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
强词夺理 - - 32,313 56,100 39,520