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simp顺理成章
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English

  1. logical
  2. as a matter of course; natural; reasonable
  3. only to be expected
  4. rational and clearly structured (of text)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 自然、合理

Examples

  • 因為我哋大家都有細路,所以過咗一陣,我哋就順理成章講佢哋。

    As both of us have children, after a while we naturally started talking about them.

  • 喺民主國家,如果某個政治問題有爭議,最順理成章嘅解決方法,就係喺立法機關辯論,然後投票決定。

    In democratic countries, the most reasonable solution to a controversial political issue is to debate it and then vote to come to a decision in the legislature.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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