岂有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous
  2. ridiculous
  3. absurd

CHARACTERS

岂 qǐ how? what?
有 yǒu have, own, possess; exist
此 cǐ this, these; in this case, then
理 lǐ reason, logic; manage