講理 [讲－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to argue
  2. to reason with sb
  3. to talk sense
  4. to be reasonable
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    用​理性​同人爭​辯​；​通常​指心​平氣​和​噉​傾​一件​事
    to be reasonable; to reason with
    • 喂你講下理好喎。
      喂你讲下理好㖞。
      Please be reasonable.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to discuss the merits of an argument
  2. verb
    to reason with somebody; to argue; to talk sense with someone
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他不是不讲理的人。
    他不是不講理的人。
    tā bú shi bù jiǎng lǐ de rén 。
    • He's not an unreasonable man.
  2. Mandarin
    总有一些人不讲理。
    總有一些人不講理。
    zǒng yǒu yī xiē rén bù jiǎng lǐ 。
    • There are always some people who are unreasonable.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢个人好现实，唔会讲理想！
    佢個人好現實，唔會講理想！
    keoi5 go3 jan4 hou2 jin6 sat6, m4 wui5 gong2 lei5 soeng2.
    • He is a practical person. He never talks about ideals!
  2. Cantonese
    佢份人好实际，唔会点讲理想。
    佢份人好實際，唔會點講理想。
    keoi5 fan6 jan4 hou2 sat6 zai3, m4 wui5 dim2 gong2 lei5 soeng2.
    • He is a pragmatic person and seldom talks about ideals.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    讲理
    講理
    jiǎng lǐ
    • to be reasonable
  2. Mandarin
    接著讲理查逊的《帕摩娜》，这是当时风行的卢梭书信体小说，但是比起我读过的《少年维特之烦恼》来，又相形见绌了。
    接著講理查遜的《帕摩娜》，這是當時風行的盧梭書信體小説，但是比起我讀過的《少年維特之煩惱》來，又相形見絀了。
    jiē zhe jiǎng lǐ chá xùn de “ pà mó nà ” ， zhè shì dāng shí fēng xíng de lú suō shū xìn tǐ xiǎo shuō ， dàn shì bǐ qǐ wǒ dú guo de “ shào nián wéi tè zhī fán nǎo ” lái ， yòu xiàng xíng jiàn chù le ．
    • Then Richardson's Pamela was taught. It's an epistolary novel popular at the time. However, The Sorrows of Young Werther, which I had read before, made it pale by comparison.