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vô lí

Pronunciation Northern /vo˧˧ li˧˥/ Central /jo˧˥ lḭ˩˧/ Southern /jo˧˧ li˧˥/
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nonsensical
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Meaning
2 senses
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Sense 1 Adjective
nonsensical Discourse & LogicTheme

Something that does not follow common sense or lacks clear and logical reasoning.

vi Những lời giải thích của anh ấy về sự việc thật vô lí và khó tin.

en His explanations about the incident are nonsensical and hard to believe.

Sense 2 Adjective
unreasonable

Not fair or exceeding what is necessary compared to the actual situation.

vi Mức giá mà họ đưa ra cho sản phẩm mới này là rất vô lí.

en The price they offered for this new product is very unreasonable.

Parts
vô / lí / 無理
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
無理
Candidates by syllable
vô 無 lí 理(李)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
vô cùng / vô tuyến / vô tuyến điện / vô tuyến truyền hình …
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