講道理 (gong2 dou6 lei5 | jiang3 dao4 li3) : to reason with

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講道理

gong2 dou6 lei5

jiang3 dao4 li3

try to talk reason; to reason with; to argue with logic

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 478,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

講道理

This word has been viewed 2740 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

講 gong2 - say; speak
道 dou6 - road; way; channel; doctrine; Taoism; skill
理 lei5 - reason; natural science; manage; heed

2 compounds containing this word:

擺事實講道理 - present the facts and reason things out
不講道理 - not speak reason; not listen to reason

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教仔女要慢慢講道理，開硬弓唔得㗎。粵
To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work.

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