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理

Common sense in Chinese: 常理 (cháng lǐ)

cháng lǐ

common sense

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1common sense
  2. 2conventional reasoning and morals

Stroke order

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常
理

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄤˊ

cháng

ㄔ/ chㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄧˇ

lǐ

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 按照常理，这么做是不对的。

    àn zhào cháng lǐ， zhè me zuò shì bú duì de。

    By common sense, doing it this way is wrong.

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Related words

常

cháng

always

理

lǐ

texture

非常

fēi cháng

very

经常

jīng cháng

frequently

经理

jīng lǐ

manager

管理

guǎn lǐ

to supervise

理发

lǐ fà

to get a haircut

理解

lǐ jiě

to comprehend

理想

lǐ xiǎng

an ideal

整理

zhěng lǐ

to arrange

正常

zhèng cháng

regular

办理

bàn lǐ

to handle

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