理所当然

理所當然

lǐsuǒ-dāngrán

idiom HSK 7-9 #8,127

Meanings

他觉得别人帮他是理所当然的。

Tā juéde biérén bāng tā shì lǐsuǒdāngrán de.

He takes it for granted that others should help him.

努力了就理所当然会成功吗？

Nǔlì le jiù lǐsuǒdāngrán huì chénggōng ma?

If you work hard, does success naturally follow?

grammar

Used as a predicate with 是…的: 这是理所当然的 (This is only natural). Can also be used as an adverb: 理所当然地接受 (to accept as a matter of course).

memory

Literally: "reason-place-should-so" — by reason, it should be so. What reason dictates must naturally be.

理 lǐ

所 suǒ

当 dāng

然 rán