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Jyutping gung1 lei5
Pinyin gōng lǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. self-evident truth
  2. (math.) axiom
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    公​認​嘅​道理
    generally accepted truths
    • 呢個世界,有強權,冇公理!
      呢个世界,有强权,冇公理!
      ni1 go3 sai3 gaai3, jau5 koeng4 kyun4, mou5 gung1 lei5!
      There is only power but no justice!
  2. 名詞
    (​邏輯​、​科學​、​數學​)​唔​需要​證明​而​一​睇​就​明​嘅​基本​命題
    axiom
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    axiom
  2. noun
    commonly acknowledged principle
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢个世界,有强权,冇公理!
    呢個世界,有強權,冇公理!
    ni1 go3 sai3 gaai3, jau5 koeng4 kyun4, mou5 gung1 lei5!
    • There is only power but no justice!
  2. Cantonese
    有强权,冇公理
    有強權,冇公理
    • no justice, only power
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    压伤的芦苇,他不折断;将残的灯火,他不吹灭。他凭真实将公理传开。
    壓傷的蘆葦,他不折斷;將殘的燈火,他不吹滅。他憑真實將公理傳開。
    yā shāng de lú wěi , tā bù zhé duàn ; jiāng cán de dēng huǒ , tā bù chuī miè . tā píng zhēn shí jiāng gōng lǐ chuán kāi .
    • A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.