how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd
岂 · 6 strokes
Simplified form of 豈. Pictograph of a drum standing upright with a decoration at top, similar to 壴. Refers to celebratory music played after victory in battle.
有 · 6 strokes
Depicts a hand (又) holding meat (肉). In Oracle script this character was written the same as the phonetically similar 又, but later the 肉 component was added to distinguish them.
此 · 6 strokes
Origin unclear. Two possible explanations are (1) depicts a person (人) stopping (止), meaning "here", and (2) depicts a foot (止) kicking a person (人), based on an earlier meaning "to kick" (跐).
理 · 11 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.
他借了钱不还还理直气壮，真是岂有此理！
He borrowed money and not only refused to pay it back but acted self-righteous—how preposterous!