理性
lǐ xìng
Pinyin

Definition

理性
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lǐ xìng
  1. reason
  2. rationality
  3. rational

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人性
rén xìng
  1. 1 human nature
  2. 2 humanity
  3. 3 human
  4. 4 the totality of human attributes
任性
rèn xìng
  1. 1 willful
  2. 2 headstrong
  3. 3 unruly
个性
gè xìng
  1. 1 individuality
  2. 2 personality
合理
hé lǐ
  1. 1 rational
  2. 2 reasonable
  3. 3 fair
女性
nu:3 xìng
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 the female sex
心理
xīn lǐ
  1. 1 psychology
  2. 2 mentality
性
xìng
  1. 1 nature
  2. 2 character
  3. 3 property
  4. 4 quality
  5. 5 attribute
  6. 6 sexuality
  7. 7 sex
  8. 8 gender
  9. 9 suffix forming adjective from verb
  10. 10 suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity
  11. 11 essence
  12. 12 CL:個|个[gè]
性感
xìng gǎn
  1. 1 sex appeal
  2. 2 eroticism
  3. 3 sexuality
  4. 4 sexy
性格
xìng gé
  1. 1 nature
  2. 2 disposition
  3. 3 temperament
  4. 4 character
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
整理
zhěng lǐ
  1. 1 to arrange
  2. 2 to tidy up
  3. 3 to sort out
  4. 4 to straighten out
  5. 5 to list systematically
  6. 6 to collate (data, files)
  7. 7 to pack (luggage)
物理
wù lǐ
  1. 1 physics
  2. 2 physical
理
lǐ
  1. 1 texture
  2. 2 grain (of wood)
  3. 3 inner essence
  4. 4 intrinsic order
  5. 5 reason
  6. 6 logic
  7. 7 truth
  8. 8 science
  9. 9 natural science (esp. physics)
  10. 10 to manage
  11. 11 to pay attention to
  12. 12 to run (affairs)
  13. 13 to handle
  14. 14 to put in order
  15. 15 to tidy up
理性
lǐ xìng
  1. 1 reason
  2. 2 rationality
  3. 3 rational
理想
lǐ xiǎng
  1. 1 an ideal
  2. 2 a dream
  3. 3 ideal
  4. 4 perfect
理智
lǐ zhì
  1. 1 reason
  2. 2 intellect
  3. 3 rationality
  4. 4 rational
理由
lǐ yóu
  1. 1 reason
  2. 2 grounds
  3. 3 justification
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
理解
lǐ jiě
  1. 1 to comprehend
  2. 2 to understand
  3. 3 comprehension
  4. 4 understanding
理论
lǐ lùn
  1. 1 theory
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 to argue
  4. 4 to take notice of
异性
yì xìng
  1. 1 the opposite sex
  2. 2 of the opposite sex
  3. 3 heterosexual
  4. 4 different in nature
管理
guǎn lǐ
  1. 1 to supervise
  2. 2 to manage
  3. 3 to administer
  4. 4 management
  5. 5 administration
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

不可理喻
bù kě lǐ yù
  1. 1 to be impervious to reason (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不理不睬
bù lǐ bù cǎi
  1. 1 to completely ignore (idiom)
  2. 2 to pay no attention to
  3. 3 not to be in the least concerned about
修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
  1. 1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
伤天害理
shāng tiān hài lǐ
  1. 1 to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven
  2. 2 outrageous acts
入情入理
rù qíng rù lǐ
  1. 1 sensible and reasonable (idiom)
公说公有理，婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
合情合理
hé qíng hé lǐ
  1. 1 reasonable and fair (idiom)
喜结连理
xǐ jié lián lǐ
  1. 1 to tie the knot (idiom)
  2. 2 to get married
丧天害理
sàng tiān hài lǐ
  1. 1 devoid of conscience (idiom)
坐视不理
zuò shì bù lǐ
  1. 1 to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)
天理难容
tiān lǐ nán róng
  1. 1 Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom)
  2. 2 intolerable behavior
好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu
  1. 1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
  1. 1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
  2. 2 sophistry
  3. 3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
  4. 4 shoving false arguments down people's throats
据情办理
jù qíng bàn lǐ
  1. 1 to handle a situation according to the circumstances (idiom)
有条有理
yǒu tiáo yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
本性难移
běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
  2. 2 Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
江山易改，本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't change who you are
  3. 3 Can the leopard change his spots?
无理取闹
wú lǐ qǔ nào
  1. 1 to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative
熏陶成性
xūn táo chéng xìng
  1. 1 (idiom) nurture makes second nature
  2. 2 good habits come by long assimilation

Sample Sentences

巴西国博副馆长克里斯蒂安娜·塞雷若说，博物馆工作人员“对找到更多藏品保持理性乐观"。
Bāxī guóbó fù guánzhǎng kèlǐsīdìānnàsāiléiruò shuō ，bówùguǎn gōngzuòrényuán “duì zhǎodào gèng duō cángpǐn bǎochí lǐxìng lèguān "。
The Deputy Director of the Brazil National Museum Cristian Serrejo said that the museum staff though optimistic are also rational about finding more collections.
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这就是为什么人说投资其实需要纪律和理性了，逢低买进、逢高杀出，这是基本概念，但是真的能长期执行得很好的人不多。
zhè jiùshì wèishénme rén shuō tóuzī qíshí xūyào jìlǜ hé lǐxìng le ，féngdī mǎijìn 、féng gāo shāchū ，zhè shì jīběn gàiniàn ，dànshì zhēnde néng chángqī zhíxíng de hěnhǎo de rén bù duō 。
This is why people say investment actually requires discipline and rationality. When it falls to a low point you buy, when it peaks you sell. That's the basic concept, but there's not many people who can do this well over the long term.
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真的啦，我讲失恋只是讲好玩的，我是很理性的粉丝！
zhēnde la ，wǒ jiǎng shīliàn zhǐshì jiǎng hǎowán de ，wǒ shì hěn lǐxìng de fěnsī ！
Really, I was only kidding about falling out of love, I'm one of the more rational fans!
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最好是，这世界上哪有什么理性的粉丝，要是真的理性，就不叫粉丝了，哈哈！
zuìhǎo shì ，zhè shìjiè shàng nǎyǒu shénme lǐxìng de fěnsī ，yàoshì zhēnde lǐxìng ，jiù bú jiào fěnsī le ，hāhā ！
A likely story! I don't think that there's any such thing as a rational fan. If you were really rational then you wouldn't be called a fan! Haha!
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我看你啊，就是典型的金牛座，你们金牛座就是这样，又固执又理性，金牛座都不相信星座。小文你看他，像不像一头犟牛。
wǒ kàn nǐ ā ，jiùshì diǎnxíng de jīnniúzuò ，nǐmen jīnniúzuò jiùshì zhèyàng ，yòu gùzhi yòu lǐxìng ，jīnniúzuò dōu bù xiāngxìn xīngzuò 。XiǎoWén nǐ kàn tā ，xiàng bù xiàng yī tóu jiàng niú 。
When I see you, I see a typical Taurus. You Tauruses are just like this; you are stubborn on one hand and rational on another. Tauruses don't believe in the zodiac. Xiao Wen, don't you think he is just like an obstinate bull?
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总之那几年感性赢了理性的那一面。
zǒngzhī nà jǐnián gǎnxìng yíng le lǐxìng de nà yīmiàn 。
Simply put, in those years passion overtook my reason in that regard
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男人比较理性，女人比较感性。
nánrén bǐjiào lǐxìng ，nǚrén bǐjiào gǎnxìng 。
Men are comparatively rational; women are comparatively emotional.
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集资建房能不能成功还是个未知数。我倒觉得，政府想办法多开发点经济适用房才是解决问题的根本途径。市场供求平衡了，投机炒房的现象自然会减少，房地产市场也会逐渐回归理性。
jízī jiànfáng néngbunéng chénggōng hái shì ge wèizhīshù 。wǒ dào juéde ，zhèngfǔ xiǎng bànfǎ duō kāifā diǎn jīngjìshìyòngfáng cái shì jiějué wèntí de gēnběn tújìng 。shìchǎng gōngqiú pínghéng le ，tóujī chǎofáng de xiànxiàng zìrán huì jiǎnshǎo ，fángdìchǎnshìchǎng yě huì zhújiàn huíguī lǐxìng 。
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我觉得主要还是一个词-个性。“80后”非常注重自己的感受，他们说话的时候都有一个特点，就是喜欢以“我......”开始。买东西的时候也是，只要是我喜欢的，就是最好的，多便宜都没关系，再贵也要买，关键是要符合自己的个性。可以说，他们的消费是感性大于理性的，有时候商品所附带的符号价值已经超过了商品本身的使用价值。
wǒ juéde zhǔyào háishì yī ge cí -gèxìng 。“bālíng hòu ”fēicháng zhùzhòng zìjǐde gǎnshòu ，tāmen shuōhuà de shíhou dōu yǒu yī ge tèdiǎn ，jiùshì xǐhuan yǐ “wǒ ......”kāishǐ 。mǎi dōngxi de shíhou yě shì ，zhǐyào shì wǒ xǐhuan de ，jiùshì zuìhǎo de ，duō piányi dōu méiguānxi ，zài guì yě yào mǎi ，guānjiàn shì yào fúhé zìjǐde gèxìng 。kěyǐ shuō ，tāmen de xiāofèi shì gǎnxìng dàyú lǐxìng de ，yǒushíhou shāngpǐn suǒ fùdài de fúhào jiàzhí yǐjīng chāoguò le shāngpǐn běnshēn de shǐyòng jiàzhí 。
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