說辭

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

CEDICT

excuse; pretext

Wiktionary

辯解的言辭。

重編國語辭典

辯解的言辭

維基詞典

Entry Composition

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

Related entries

飾詞 shìcí
  1. excuse
  2. pretext
由頭 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

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