评理

評理

pínglǐ

verb #35,272

Meanings

1 to judge between right and wrong
2 to arbitrate
3 to reason out who is in the right

Characters

to judge, evaluate

reason, principle

Examples

你来给我们评评理！

Nǐ lái gěi wǒmen píng pinglǐ!

Come and judge between us — who's right!

他们俩吵架，找邻居来评理。

Tāmen liǎ chǎojià, zhǎo línjū lái pínglǐ.

The two of them quarrelled and asked a neighbour to settle who was in the right.

Tips

usage

Very colloquial — used when one party drags in a third party to decide who's right in a dispute. Often reduplicated as 评评理 to soften the imposition.

Stroke Order

评 píng

理 lǐ