离奇 líqí odd
odd; bizarre
How to remember 离奇: 离 leave + 奇 strange = odd.
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How it is used
- Bizarre / strange and hard to explain - 案情十分离奇 (ànqíng shífēn líqí) the case is extremely bizarre.
- For events, stories, plots that are strangely twisting. Contrast 奇怪 (odd, everyday puzzling); 离奇 implies something dramatically, almost unbelievably strange.