據geoi3理lei5力lik6爭zang1

simp据理力争

geoi3 lei5 lik6 zang1jù lǐ lì zhēng

English

to contend on strong grounds
to argue on the basis of reason; to make one's utmost efforts to fight for one's point of view
to argue strongly for what is right

粵語 — Cantonese

指道理喺自己一方嘅時候，盡力爭取公道、爭取應有嘅權益

Examples

我哋冇錯，當然要據理力爭啦。
We didn't do anything wrong. Certainly we should fight for what's right.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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