理所当然

理所當然

lǐsuǒ-dāngrán

idiom HSK 7-9 #8,127

Meanings

HSK 3

他觉得别人帮他是理所当然的。

Tā juéde biérén bāng tā shì lǐsuǒ-dāngrán de.

He takes it for granted that others should help him.

HSK 4

努力了就理所当然会成功吗？

Nǔlì le jiù lǐsuǒ-dāngrán 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