岂有此理

qǐyǒucǐlǐ

how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd

HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 豈有此理

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这真是岂有此理。

This is truly outrageous.

岂有此理,谁敢这样?

How absurd! Who dares do this?