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My Favourite Chinese Expression 我的最喜欢的言辞

By Confused Laowai | Date: January 7th, 2010 | Category: Language

Since I started studying Mandarin in 2008 I’ve come across many Chinese words, but few phrases and words have really caught my attention as much as 岂有此理! (qǐyǒucǐlǐ!). It is used as an idiom/expression and literally means “How can this be so?”, but used an expression it means: outrageous, preposterous, absurd. It can be used as a separate expression or in a sentence such as: 他的女朋友很美丽，真是岂有此理！(tā de nǚpéngyou hěn měilí, zhēnshì qǐyǒucǐlǐ! - His girlfriend is [...]