通情达理 (通情達理)
tōng qíng dá lǐ
Pinyin

Definition

通情达理 (通情達理)
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tōng qíng dá lǐ
  1. fair and reasonable (idiom); sensible
  2. standing to reason

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事情
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 classifier: 件 jiàn
  6. 6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
心情
xīn qíng
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 frame of mind
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
心理
xīn lǐ
  1. 1 psychology
  2. 2 mentality
情
qíng
  1. 1 feeling
  2. 2 emotion
  3. 3 passion
  4. 4 situation
情况
qíng kuàng
  1. 1 circumstances
  2. 2 state of affairs
  3. 3 situation
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
  2. 2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
  3. 3 it's all Greek to me
一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng
  1. 1 love at first sight (idiom)
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
  1. 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
不可理喻
bù kě lǐ yù
  1. 1 to be impervious to reason (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable

Sample Sentences

要。不过我的未来老丈人特别通情达理，他说彩礼给多少都行，就是个仪式，到时候他再给我们当嫁妆陪回来。
yào 。bùguò wǒ de wèilái lǎozhàngren tèbié tōngqíngdǎlǐ ，tā shuō cǎilǐ gěi duōshao dōu xíng ，jiùshì gè yíshì ，dàoshíhou tā zài gěi wǒmen dāng jiàzhuang péi huílai 。
Yes. However, my future father-in-law is very sensible. He says however much the betrothal gift is is fine. It's just a formality. When the time comes, he'll give it back to us as a dowry.
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接触不多。感觉她还算是一个比较通情达理的老人，就是不知道住在一起会怎么样。
jiēchù bù duō 。gǎnjué tā hái suàn shì yī gè bǐjiào tōngqíngdálǐ de lǎorén ，jiùshì bù zhīdào zhù zài yīqǐ huì zěnmeyàng 。
Not very much. I get the feeling she's quite an understanding woman, but I just don't know what it will be like living with her.
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