自圆其说 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 自圓其說 zìyuánqíshuō ㄗˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄛ to make a story or theory consistent to give a plausible explanation to plug the holes in one's story idiom Character by character 自(zì)self 圆(yuán)circle 其(qí)his 说(shuō)speak A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0