想当然尔
xiǎng​dāng​rán'ěr

to take for granted

  • created sense approved 想当然尔/想當然爾 · xiǎng​dāng​rán'ěr · to take for granted — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    想当然尔 / 想當然爾

    xiǎng​dāng​rán'ěr

    to take for granted

    to assume something is true based on one's own imagination; to take something as given; to think that it should be so as a matter of course

    想当然 (literal) → 想当然/想當然 · xiǎng​dāng​rán · to take for granted 尔 (bound) → 尔/爾 · ěr · [limitation]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense