理屈詞窮

lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on

Characters and words in 理屈詞窮

texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) and Martin Luther King (王) have the mission to find out the intrinsic order (理) and inner essence (理) of sunflowers (里) in the space station (Ø3). They grow a few sunflowers and care for them very meticulously, talking to them and everything.
surname Qu

= + : Mnemonic symbol from 屈光度, diopter.

A ghost (尸) is chasing Cupid (qu) through the space station. Cupid wanted to escape to his room, but he didn't use his contact lenses and since his eyes have large diopter (屈), he mistook the station's emergency exit (出) for the door to his room. In front of the space station (Ø1) he feels quite wronged (屈).
bent / to feel wronged

= + : Mnemonic symbol from 屈光度, diopter.

A ghost (尸) is chasing Cupid (qu) through the space station. Cupid wanted to escape to his room, but he didn't use his contact lenses and since his eyes have large diopter (屈), he mistook the station's emergency exit (出) for the door to his room. In front of the space station (Ø1) he feels quite wronged (屈).
word / statement / speech / lyrics / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4] / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2] / CL:首[shou3]

= + : The King of Chu (c) has to listen to a boring lecture by a manager (司) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). The manager just wrote every word (词) of his speech (词) on an advertising column (讠) and is just reading the speech word by word.
poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

= + : Cupid (qu) exhausted (穷) his bank account and is very poor (穷). He has nowhere to go and nothing to do anymore. In the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) he creates a big cave painting (穴) out of boredom. Idly he paints a big power button (力) wishing that upon hitting it, money would rain down on him.

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