粵

不bat1可ho2理lei5喻jyu6

bat1 ho2 lei5 jyu6bù kě lǐ yù

English

  1. (idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
  2. used to describe someone refuses to listen to reason
  3. used to describe someone or something to be unbelievably off that is totally unable for one to fathom why

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容人盲塞,唔講道理
  2. 形容人或事好離譜,令人難以想像

Examples

  • 佢野蠻起上嚟,真係不可理喻㗎。

    When he gets barbaric, he won't listen to reasons. ----

  • 佢竟然可以漏咗個仔喺巴士度,簡直不可理喻。

    How can he forget his son on the bus? Just unbelievable.

  • 不可理喻

    Nonsense!

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

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