理所应当

Traditional form:

理所應當

Pinyin (reading):

lǐsuǒyīngdāng

Definitions:

• (idiom) it's only right and proper; it goes without saying

Characters:

• 理 - science, reason, logic; to manage
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 应 - should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells

Traditional characters:

• 理 - science, reason, logic; to manage
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 應 - should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells