To judge by reason

To judge by reason

Kui Li Du Qing is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is Ku í L ǐ Du ó Q í ng, which means to guess from reason. It comes from zuozhongzhi, Liao left abandoned land.

Notes on Idioms

Premier: conjecture; reason: reason; degree: estimate, guess; feeling: common sense.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Ruoyu of Ming Dynasty wrote in zuozhongzhi of Liao Dynasty: "it's very inconvenient to judge the situation by reason."

Idiom usage

It means to guess from reason.