理所当然 meaning in English

lǐsuǒdāngrán

as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right

HSK 7-9Traditional 理所當然37 strokes

Meaning of 理所当然

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lǐsuǒdāngrán

as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course
inevitable and right

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ理lǐ所suǒ当dāng然rán地dì觉jué得de，他tā会huì通tōng过guò考kǎo试shì。

I took it for granted that he would pass the exam.

我wǒ理lǐ所suǒ当dāng然rán认rèn为wéi你nǐ会huì站zhàn在zài我wǒ这zhè边biān。

I took it for granted that you were on my side.

我wǒ们men认rèn为wéi他tā的de生shēng意yì理lǐ所suǒ当dāng然rán会huì获huò得de成chéng功gōng。

We take it for granted that he will succeed in his business.

她tā理lǐ所suǒ当dāng然rán的de取qǔ得de了le胜shèng利lì。

She's sure to succeed.

现xiàn在zài言yán论lùn自zì由yóu被bèi当dàng作zuò是shì理lǐ所suǒ当dāng然rán的de事shì。

Freedom of speech is now taken as a matter of course.

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Words that share a character with 理所当然.

所以	suǒyǐ	therefore; as a result
然后	ránhòu	then; after that; afterwards
所有	suǒyǒu	all; to have; to possess; to own
当时	dāngshí	then; at that time
虽然	suīrán	although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
道理	dàolǐ	reason; argument
经理	jīnglǐ	manager; director
理想	lǐxiǎng	an ideal; a dream
大自然	dàzìrán	nature (the natural world)
忽然	hūrán	suddenly; all of a sudden
当然	dāngrán	only natural; as it should be
处理	chǔlǐ	to handle; to deal with; to punish

What does 理所当然 mean?

理所当然 (lǐsuǒdāngrán) means "as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right".

How do you write 理所当然?

理所当然 is made of 4 characters: 理 (11 strokes), 所 (8 strokes), 当 (6 strokes), 然 (12 strokes). That is 37 strokes in total.

Is 理所当然 an HSK word?

Yes. 理所当然 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 理所当然 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 理所当然 is written 理所當然.