说辞

說辭
shuōcí
  1. excuse
  2. pretext
  3. entreaties
  4. arguments

CEDICT

excuse; pretext

Wiktionary

辩解的言辞。

重編國語辭典

辩解的言辞

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 说 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=1 说 shuō variant of 说 shuō
=2 辞 cí old variant of 辞 cí
=2 辞 cí
  1. to resign
  2. to dismiss
  3. to decline
  4. (literary) to take leave
  5. (archaic poetic genre) ballad
  6. variant of 词 cí

Related entries

饰词 shìcí
  1. excuse
  2. pretext
由头 yóutou
  1. pretext
  2. excuse
  3. justification
  4. reason
盾牌 dùnpái
  1. shield
  2. pretext
  3. excuse
藉口 jièkǒu
  1. to use as an excuse
  2. on the pretext
  3. excuse
  4. pretext
  5. also written 借口 jièkǒu
他們的藉口都是一樣的。

Their excuses were all alike.

Source: Tatoeba

托词 tuōcí
  1. to make an excuse
  2. pretext
  3. excuse
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