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Rationality in Chinese

rationality · HSK 6

理性 lǐ xìng

  1. 理 lǐ reason
  2. 性 xìng nature

他一生气就失去了理性。 He loses all reason as soon as he gets angry.

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Rationality in Chinese is 理性 (lǐ xìng).

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