豈有此理

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Chinese

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how can it be that
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
this; these
to manage; to heed; to put in order
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
 
trad. (豈有此理)
simp. (岂有此理)
Literally: “Whence such a rule?”.

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Idiom

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豈有此理

  1. preposterous; outrageous; absurd
    豈有此理 [MSC, trad.]
    岂有此理 [MSC, simp.]
    Hè, qǐyǒucǐlǐ! [Pinyin]
    Tut-tut! Absurd!

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