情理 qínglǐ reason
reason; sense
How to remember 情理: 情 feeling + 理 reason = reason.
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How it is used
- Reason and human feeling combined - what's sensible and fair by common sense - 合乎情理 (héhū qínglǐ) reasonable, 不近情理 (bú jìn qínglǐ) unreasonable.
- Blends 情 (human sentiment) and 理 (logic): the standard of what's understandable and just.
- Set phrase 情理之中，意料之外 (qínglǐ zhī zhōng, yìliào zhī wài) - makes sense in hindsight yet unexpected.
Example sentences
- 他说的话不合情理。 Tā shuō dehuà bùhéqínglǐ.What he says is total nonsense.