WordTaiwan frequency #29,807
自圓其說
ㄗˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄛ
“to explain away one's own contradictions; to make one's argument internally consistent and free of loopholes”
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自
ㄗˋ
Self; oneself; private; personal; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course; surname.
圓
ㄩㄢˊ
Round shape; circular; spherical; complete; full (moon); unit of currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent.
其
ㄑㄧˊ
Pronoun: his; her; its; their; that; such; it; function word: used at end of sentence to indicate doubt; used in middle or end of sentence after 彼 or 何.
說
ㄕㄨㄛ
to speak; to say; to talk; to explain; to discuss; to scold; to tell off; a theory or doctrine; to arrange a marriage
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 自己ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇoneself; one's own; (Beijing dialect) intimate; close (of relationships)
- 其他ㄑㄧˊ ㄊㄚother; else; the rest; besides; in addition
- 其實ㄑㄧˊ ㄕˊactually; in fact; really; truly; used to state the real situation or correct a misunderstanding.
- 其中ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥamong; in; included among these; in the middle of; within that group or set.
- 自然ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊnature; the physical world and its phenomena; natural; not artificial or forced; naturally; of course; certainly
- 自由ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˊfreedom; liberty; the ability to act according to one's own will without external constraint; a right protected by law or constitution.
- 尤其ㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧˊespecially; particularly; more so than usual; to a greater degree.
- 來自ㄌㄞˊ ㄗˋto come from (a place); originating from; (in email headers) From:
- 自我ㄗˋ ㄨㄛˇthe self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego; the self-centered concept; in philosophy, the unchanging spiritual self; in Freudian theory, the part of the personality mediating between the id and reality
- 說明ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄥˊto explain; to illustrate; to show; explanation; directions; caption
- 小說ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛa fictional prose narrative of book length; a novel; fiction; a literary work with plot, characters, and theme
- 說話ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋto speak; to talk; to say; words or speech; (historical) a Tang–Song storytelling art; blame; matter, affair