理所当然 — Chinese idiom
理所当然
lǐ suǒ dāng rán
Traditional: 理所當然
Meaning
- as it should be by rights ; proper and to be expected as a matter of course
- inevitable and right
Character by character
- 理lǐscience, reason, logic; to manage
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particle introduc
- 当dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound o
- 然ráncertainly; naturally; suddenly
Idioms sharing a character
- 不可理喻 bù kě lǐ yù
- 不明事理 bù míng shì lǐ
- 不理不睬 bù lǐ bù cǎi
- 伤天害理 shāng tiān hài lǐ
- 入情入理 rù qíng rù lǐ
- 合情合理 hé qíng hé lǐ
- 喜结连理 xǐ jié lián lǐ
- 丧天害理 sàng tiān hài lǐ
- 坐视不理 zuò shì bù lǐ
- 天理难容 tiān lǐ nán róng
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