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事理

shì lǐ

2-character word

What 事理 means

1. reason
2. logic

The characters in 事理

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence

Words containing 事理

• 不明事理bù míng shì lǐnot understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
• 明达事理míng dá shì lǐreasonable; sensible

Sounds the same

Read shì lǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 市里li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)

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