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想当然耳

xiǎng dāng rán ěr

4-character word Traditional 想當然耳

What 想当然耳 means

1. variant of {想当然尔|xiǎng dāng rán ěr}

The characters in 想当然耳

• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 然ráncorrect; right; so
• 耳ěrear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)

Sounds the same

Read xiǎng dāng rán ěr, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 想当然尔to take sth as given; to assume; as one would expect