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无理

wú lǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 無理

无理 (wú lǐ) means "irrational; unreasonable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 无理 means

1. irrational
2. unreasonable

The characters in 无理

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence

Example sentences

• 她在无理取闹。
  Tā zài wúlǐqǔnào.
  She's asking for the impossible.
• 对不起，我太无理了。
  Duìbuqǐ, wǒ tài wúlǐ le.
  I'm sorry I was so rude.

Words starting with 无理

• 无理取闹wú lǐ qǔ nào(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
• 无理数wú lǐ shùirrational number

Words containing 无理

• 蛮横无理mán hèng wú lǐrude and unreasonable

Sounds the same

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

• 无礼rude; rudely
• 芜俚coarse and vulgar

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