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  • n.reason; ground; argument; account

    • nǐ de lǐ yóu hái bù chōng zú bù néng lìng rén xìn fú

      理由充足信服

      Your reasons are not sufficient and unconvincing.

    • rén men wán quán yǒu lǐ yóu xiāng xìn zhōng fēi guān xi jiāng dé dào jìn yī bù fā zhǎn

      人们完全理由相信关系得到进一步发展

      People have every reason to believe that China-Africa relations will be further developed.

    • wǒ wèi shén me yào bāng nǐ gěi wǒ yī gè chōng fèn de lǐ yóu

      为什么充分理由

      Give me one good reason why I should help you.

    • yǒu lǐ yóu bào yuàn

      理由抱怨

      have grounds for complaint

    • zhèng dàng de lǐ yóu

      正当理由

      legitimate reason

    • xuān zhàn lǐ yóu

      理由

      grounds for a declaration of war

    • biān zào lǐ yóu

      编造理由

      invent an excuse

    • chén shù lǐ yóu

      陈述理由

      state one's reasons

    • wǒ zhǐ xū yào yī gè liú xia de lǐ yóu

      需要留下理由

      I just need one good reason to stay.

Word usage

  • "理由" is often matched with measure word "个"or"堆".
    • 理由

      one reason

    • 理由

      one bunch of reasons

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