強詞奪理

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to twist words and force logic (idiom) · sophistry · loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to twist words and force logic (idiom)
  2. sophistry
  3. loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
  4. shoving false arguments down people's throats

Written Forms

強詞奪理Traditional · Main Form
强词夺理Alternate Form

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