"fundamentally flawed notion" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
伪命题 偽命題 wěi mìng tí false proposition / fundamentally flawed notion / (in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
理屈词穷 理屈詞窮 lǐ qū cí qióng lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on syn
臭肉来蝇 臭肉來蠅 chòu ròu lái yíng (idiom) Rotten meat attracts flies. The image means that flawed thinking or bad conduct will attract bad people and temptation.
匡救弥缝 kuāng jiù mí fèng (idiom) To correct errors and make amends for past mistakes. It refers to efforts to remedy a flawed situation.
犁牛之子 lí niú zhī zǐ (idiom) It refers to an outstanding child whose father is mediocre or morally flawed. The father's shortcomings do not diminish the child's worth.
貂不足，狗尾续 貂不足，狗尾續 diāo bù zú，gǒu wěi xù (idiom) ① Refers to excessive or indiscriminate appointment to office. ② Refers to something flawed despite its merits, or to replacing something fine with an inferior substitute.
鹤膝蜂腰 hè xī fēng yāo (idiom) ① Refers to two of the eight prosodic defects in poetry, and more broadly to faults in poetic rhythm or tonal pattern. ② Refers to two flawed brushstrokes in calligraphy.
以为 以為 yǐ wéi v. to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) syn
想法 xiǎng fǎ n. way of thinking / opinion / notion / to think of a way (to do sth) syn
观念 觀念 guān niàn n. notion / thought / concept / sense / views / ideology / general impressions syn
吸血鬼 xī xuè guǐ leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers syn
偏执 偏執 piān zhí extreme and inflexible / fixated / stubborn in clinging to a notion / (psychology) paranoid syn
先入为主 先入為主 xiān rù wéi zhǔ (idiom) the first impression is the strongest / to hold a preconceived notion (about sth) syn
强迫观念 強迫觀念 qiǎng pò guān niàn compelling notion / obsession
心理作用 xīn lǐ zuò yòng a perception that doesn't reflect reality / a notion based on an erroneous belief
怪念头 怪念頭 guài niàn tou eccentric notion / strange whim
抽象概念 chōu xiàng gài niàn abstract notion
本罪 běn zuì actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪)
笑贫不笑娼 笑貧不笑娼 xiào pín bù xiào chāng the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
自罪 zì zuì actual sin (Christian notion, as opposed to original sin 原罪) / conscious sin
深明大义 深明大義 shēn míng dà yì to have a high notion of one's duty / to be highly principled syn
先入之见 先入之見 xiān rù zhī jiàn (idiom) An opinion or prejudice formed or accepted before a matter has been investigated and examined. It refers to a preconceived notion.
从一以终 cóng yī yǐ zhōng (idiom) To remain faithful to one husband for life after his death, and by extension, to serve only one master. The expression reflects a traditional notion of loyalty.
骨子里 骨子裡 gǔ zi lǐ beneath the surface / fundamentally / at the deepest level syn
人之初 rén zhī chū man at birth (is fundamentally good in nature) / the first line of Three character classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 jing1]
两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things syn
人之初，性本善 rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1])
基本完成 jī běn wán chéng fundamentally complete / basically finished
本就 běn jiù by nature / fundamentally / inherently
两码子事 兩碼子事 liǎng mǎ zi shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things / see 兩碼事|两码事[liang3ma3shi4]
水火不相容 shuǐ huǒ bù xiāng róng (idiom) Describes two sides or things that are fundamentally opposed and completely incompatible.
刃没利存 刃沒利存 rèn mò lì cún (idiom) Refers to something that fundamentally does not exist. The image highlights the absurdity of claiming that an edge remains after the blade has disappeared.
宅心忠厚 zhái xīn zhōng hòu (idiom) To be loyal, sincere, and fundamentally kind-hearted. It is also used in the form meaning benevolent and kind-hearted.
寒底捞月 寒底撈月 jǐng dǐ lāo yuè (idiom) To fish the moon out of a well. It describes a futile effort that wastes energy because the goal is fundamentally unattainable.
小黠大痴 xiǎo xiá dà chī (idiom) In the passage quoted from Han Yu, the expression describes someone who is somewhat sly yet fundamentally foolish.
心辣手狠 xīn là shǒu hěn (idiom) To be ruthless at heart and use vicious methods. It describes a fundamentally cruel person.
扭转干坤 niǔ zhuǎn gàn kūn (idiom) To radically and fundamentally change an established situation.
旋转干坤 xuán zhuǎn gàn kūn (idiom) To transform a situation or the face of society fundamentally. It can also describe someone with extraordinary drive and resolve.
水底捞明月 水底撈明月 shuǐ dǐ lāo míng yuè (idiom) To attempt something fundamentally impossible and merely waste one’s effort.
水底捞月 水底撈月 shuǐ dǐ lāo yuè (idiom) It describes attempting something fundamentally impossible, resulting only in wasted effort.
水火不投 shuǐ huǒ bù tóu (idiom) Water and fire are fundamentally opposite and completely incompatible. It describes two people or things that cannot be reconciled.
鸮心鸝舌 xiāo xīn lí shé (idiom) To have the heart of a night bird and the tongue of an oriole. It describes someone fundamentally vicious who nevertheless speaks attractively.
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