xiǎng dāng rán ěrdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to take sth as given / to assume / as one would expect / naturally
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Original source entry:

想當然爾 想当然尔 [xiang3 dang1 ran2 er3] /to take sth as given/to assume/as one would expect/naturally/

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