yán zhī chéng lǐ
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  • sound reasonable; speak in a rational and convincing way; it stands to reason; it was said with solid judgment

    • rén jia yán zhī chéng lǐ tā wú fǎ bó chì

      人家言之成理无法驳斥

      He didn't see how he could turn down the suggestion which sounded plausible enough.

    • tā jiě shì le yī dà duī dàn yán zhī chéng lǐ de hěn shǎo

      解释言之成理

      He was full of explanations, but precious few of them made sense.

    • tā de sì zhǒng jiàn jiě dōu yán zhī chéng lǐ

      见解言之成理

      His four ideas are all some what reasonable.