理所当然 (理所當然)
lǐ suǒ dāng rán
Pinyin

Definition

理所当然 (理所當然)
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lǐ suǒ dāng rán
  1. as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course
  2. inevitable and right

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不然
bù rán
  1. 1 not so
  2. 2 no
  3. 3 or else
  4. 4 otherwise
  5. 5 if not
  6. 6 How about ...?
依然
yī rán
  1. 1 still
  2. 2 as before
居然
jū rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 go so far as to
心理
xīn lǐ
  1. 1 psychology
  2. 2 mentality
所
suǒ
  1. 1 actually
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
  4. 4 that which
  5. 5 particle introducing a relative clause or passive
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一无所有
yī wú suǒ yǒu
  1. 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
  2. 2 without two sticks to rub together
一无所知
yī wú suǒ zhī
  1. 1 not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant
  2. 2 without an inkling
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
不以为然
bù yǐ wéi rán
  1. 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
  2. 2 to disapprove
  3. 3 to take exception to

Sample Sentences

这个就是说我们生活在城市里的孩子可能不太接触这些农活，然后就理所当然地认为这些劳动成果来得很简单，然后你真的自己亲手去做一下的时候，就会发现了，啊，其实农民伯伯他们真的是非常地辛苦。好的，那么还有什么对学农的一些感想吗？或者说最有趣的经历啊 ……
zhège jiùshìshuō wǒmen shēnghuó zài chéngshì lǐ de háizi kěnéng bùtài jiēchù zhèxiē nónghuó ，ránhòu jiù lǐsuǒdāngrán de rènwéi zhèxiē láodòng chéngguǒ lái de hěn jiǎndān ，ránhòu nǐ zhēnde zìjǐ qīnshǒu qù zuò yīxià de shíhou ，jiù huì fāxiàn le ，a ，qíshí nóngmín bóbo tāmen zhēnde shì fēicháng de xīnkǔ 。hǎo de ，nàme hái yǒu shénme duì xuénóng de yīxiē gǎnxiǎng ma ？huòzhěshuō zuì yǒuqù de jīnglì a ……
You're saying that children who live in the city maybe don't really come into contact with this kind of farm work, and take it for granted that this kind of work is really easy. And that when you really have to go and experience it first-hand, you will find that actually, the farmers have a very hard job. All right, do you have more thoughts on experiencing farming life? Or could you tell us your most interesting experience?
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