不可理喻

bùkělǐyù
idiom #9,572

Meanings

  1. 1 impossible to reason with
  2. 2 beyond reasoning

Examples

Tā wánquán bùkělǐyù, bié làngfèi shíjiān le.
He's completely beyond reasoning — don't waste your time.
Zhège rén tài bùkělǐyù le!
This person is absolutely impossible to reason with!

Tips

memory
(not) + (can) + (reason) + (explain to) — cannot use reason to explain to them. They literally won't listen to logic.
mistakes
不可理喻 describes someone who refuses to listen to reason, not someone who is simply wrong. Don't confuse with 不可思议 (bùkěsīyì, unbelievable/inconceivable).

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