# 荒谬绝伦

huāng miù jué lún

Be utterly absurd

## Meaning & wording

**Literally:** Absurd beyond comparison

**Traditional Chinese:** 荒謬絕倫

**Register:** Critical · expressive

[Perspective](https://chinese-idioms.yudis.dev/idioms/topics/perspective)

## When to use it

Strongly reject an illogical or ridiculous claim.

Forceful criticism needs reasons.

## Understanding the expression

The expression intensifies absurdity until no comparison seems adequate. It describes a claim, proposal, or situation that the speaker finds outrageously illogical. Because the judgment is emphatic, it often appears in argument or satire. The words themselves do not explain the flaw. A clear example should show the contradiction or impossible assumption involved. Unfamiliar ideas are not automatically absurd, and disagreement alone is not enough to justify such severe language.

## Examples

让盲人靠视力考试，荒谬绝伦。

### Traditional Chinese

讓盲人靠視力考試，荒謬絕倫。

ràng máng rén kào shì lì kǎo shì ， huāng miù jué lún 。

Requiring blind people to take a visual test is utterly absurd.

这份预算漏掉全部工资，荒谬绝伦。

### Traditional Chinese

這份預算漏掉全部工資，荒謬絕倫。

zhè fèn yù suàn lòu diào quán bù gōng zī ， huāng miù jué lún 。

A budget omitting all salaries is preposterous.

他说圆圈有四个角，荒谬绝伦。

### Traditional Chinese

他說圓圈有四個角，荒謬絕倫。

tā shuō yuán quān yǒu sì gè jiǎo ， huāng miù jué lún 。

His claim that a circle has four corners is utterly absurd.

没有证据就定罪，实在荒谬绝伦。

### Traditional Chinese

沒有證據就定罪，實在荒謬絕倫。

méi yǒu zhèng jù jiù dìng zuì ， shí zài huāng miù jué lún 。

Convicting someone without evidence is absolutely preposterous.

## Sources & reference checks

Original explanations and examples from Chinese Idioms Almanac. Source-checked October 6, 2026.

- [CC-CEDICT · forms & pronunciation](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdqb=%E8%8D%92%E8%AC%AC%E7%B5%95%E5%80%AB)

- [Ministry of Education · 成語典](https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/idiomView.jsp?ID=905&webMd=1&la=0)

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