📖 Meaning
To absolutely have no such reasoning; something is completely impossible or utterly unreasonable. The phrase asserts that a given situation or claim defies all logic and common sense.
📜 Origin Story
This phrase originates from Wu Jingzi's Qing dynasty novel 'The Scholars' (儒林外史), Chapter 41. In the passage, a narrator comments on a young woman traveling alone without companions, making a living by selling poetry and essays, remarking that 'in this world, there is absolutely no such reasoning.' The expression has since been used to firmly deny the plausibility of an assertion or situation.
💡 Example Usage
他连道歉都不肯，还说是你的错，真是断无此理。
He won't even apologize and insists it's your fault - there's absolutely no reason in that.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 断无此理
- Pinyin: duàn wú cǐ lǐ
- Literal Translation: duàn, absolutely not, wú, have no, cǐ, such, lǐ, reason
- Category: Logic
- Characters: 4