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Reasonable and fair (idiom) in Chinese: 合情合理 (hé qíng hé lǐ)

hé qíng hé lǐ

reasonable and fair (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1reasonable and fair (idiom)

Stroke order

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情
合
理

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ㄏㄜˊ

hé

ㄏ/ hㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄧㄥˊ

qíng

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄏㄜˊ

hé

ㄏ/ hㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄧˇ

lǐ

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 他提出的要求合情合理，我同意了。

    tā tí chū de yāo qiú hé qíng hé lǐ， wǒ tóng yì le。

    The request he made was reasonable and fair, so I agreed.

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Related words

合

hé

to close

理

lǐ

texture

情

qíng

feeling

事情

shì qing

affair

经理

jīng lǐ

manager

热情

rè qíng

cordial

爱情

ài qíng

romance

符合

fú hé

in keeping with

感情

gǎn qíng

emotion

管理

guǎn lǐ

to supervise

合格

hé gé

to meet the standard required

合适

hé shì

suitable

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