自圆其说
自圆其说
zì yuán qí shuō
to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story
verb
Traditional: 自圓其說
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- (verb) to make a story or theory consistent
- to give a plausible explanation
- to plug the holes in one's story
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Related Words
孔融让梨(Kǒng Róng ràng lí)— Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)— before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
→一言以蔽之(yī yán yǐ bì zhī)— one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
→一言抄百总(yī yán chāo bǎi zǒng)— to cut a long story short
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