想当然耳
xiǎng​dāng​rán'ěr

to take for granted

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

    想当然耳 / 想當然耳

    xiǎng​dāng​rán'ěr

    to take for granted

    To assume something must be so based on subjective reasoning; to take as a matter of course even if the facts are unproven.

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

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

    created sense