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蛮不讲理

mán bù jiǎng lǐ

utterly unreasonable

Character by character

蛮mán
rough
不bù
not
讲jiǎng
talk
理lǐ
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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