Chinese–English

强词夺理

qiǎng cí duó lǐ · qiang ci duo li

Traditional 強詞奪理

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to twist words and force logic (idiom)
  2. sophistry
  3. loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
  4. shoving false arguments down people's throats
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