粵

明ming4理lei5

ming4 lei5míng lǐ

English

  1. sensible
  2. reasonable
  3. an obvious reason, truth or fact
  4. to understand the reason or reasoning
  5. having good sense; reasonable

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 明白事理

Examples

  • 你爸爸係一個明理嘅人,一定唔會反對你嫁西人嘅。

    Your father is a reasonable person, he certainly won't disagree with you getting married to a westerner.

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

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