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

论家 lǐ lùn jiā theorist; theoretician
伤天害 shāng tiān hài lǐ to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven; outrageous acts
gōng lǐ axiom (in logic); axiomatic
力争 jù lǐ lì zhēng to contend on strong grounds; to argue strongly for what is right
学 dú lǐ xué toxicology
事长 lǐ shì zhǎng director general
yào lǐ pharmacology
学 yào lǐ xué pharmacology
逆反心 nì fǎn xīn lǐ reverse psychology
yǒu lǐ reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational
jī lǐ mechanism
当 lǐ dāng should; ought
píng lǐ to judge between right and wrong; to reason things out
àn lǐ according to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally
解力 lǐ jiě lì ability to grasp ideas; understanding
蛮不讲 mán bù jiǎng lǐ completely unreasonable
慢条斯 màn tiáo sī lǐ unhurried; calm; composed; leisurely
会 ān lǐ huì (United Nations) Security Council
核物 hé wù lǐ nuclear physics
想国 lǐ xiǎng guó Plato's "The Republic" (c. 380 BC); ideal state; utopia
tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health; to recuperate; to take care of; to look after; to discipline; to educate; to train; to prepare food; (dialect) to make fun of; (medicine) to opsonize
勾股定 gōu gǔ dìng lǐ Pythagorean theorem
míng lǐ sensible; reasonable; an obvious reason, truth or fact; to understand the reason or reasoning
工 lǐ gōng science and engineering as academic subjects
shuō lǐ to reason; to argue logically