蛮不讲理
mán bù jiǎng lǐ
utterly unreasonable
Character by character
蛮mán
rough
rough
不bù
not
not
讲jiǎng
talk
talk
理lǐ
reason
reason
Example
这个人蛮不讲理,没法跟他谈。
This guy is completely unreasonable; there's no talking to him.
Tone: negative (criticism).
Usage and origin
Colloquial and stronger than plain 不讲理.
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