reason, logic; manage

DEFINITIONS

理 lǐ
  • texture
  • grain (of wood)
  • inner essence
  • intrinsic order
  • reason
  • logic
  • truth
  • science
  • natural science (esp. physics)
  • to manage
  • to pay attention to
  • to run (affairs)
  • to handle
  • to put in order
  • to tidy up

STROKES

WORDS

赔 lǐ péi to settle a claim; claims settlement; payment of claims
tiān lǐ Heaven's law; the natural order of things
bìng lǐ pathology
成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text)
顺 lǐ shùn to straighten out; to sort out; to organize
学 shēng lǐ xué physiology
zhé lǐ philosophic theory; philosophy
说 àn lǐ shuō it is reasonable to say that...
人 guǎn lǐ rén supervisor; manager; administrator
性 hé lǐ xìng reason; rationality; rationale; reasonableness
shì lǐ reason; logic
事 lǐ shì member of council
想化 lǐ xiǎng huà to idealize
wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint); grain (in wood etc)
微处器 wēi chǔ lǐ qì microprocessor
化 hé lǐ huà to rationalize; to make compatible; to streamline; rationalization
学 lǐ xué School of Principle; Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 xi1]); science
zì lǐ to take care of oneself; to provide for oneself
学 lún lǐ xué ethics
lián lǐ two trees that grow together as one; fig. conjugal union
学 dì lǐ xué geography
名言 zhì lǐ míng yán wise saying; words of wisdom
强词夺 qiǎng cí duó lǐ to twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument; shoving false arguments down people's throats
wāi lǐ fallacious reasoning; preposterous argument
zhào lǐ according to reason; usually; in the normal course of events; to attend to