"Justification" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason / grounds / justification / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 道理 | dào li | reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 由头 | yóu tou | pretext / excuse / justification / reason | |
| 理据 | lǐ jù | grounds / justification / logical basis / (linguistic) motivation | |
| 引 |  yǐn | to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters | |
| 师出无名 | shī chū wú míng | lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom) / to act without justification | |
