理所当然 lǐsuǒdāngrán in a sentence
As it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right†
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 †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
父母照顾孩子被看作 理所当然 。
Fùmǔ zhàogù háizi bèi kànzuò lǐ suǒ dāng rán.
Parents caring for their children is taken as a matter of course.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 理所当然
别把别人的帮助当成 理所当然 。
Bié bǎ biéren de bāngzhù dàngchéng lǐ suǒ dāng rán.
Do not take other people's help for granted.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 理所当然
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How is 理所当然 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 理所当然 (lǐsuǒdāngrán, "As it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course, inevitable and right †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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Is 理所当然 an HSK word?
Yes — 理所当然 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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