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道理 — meaning in English

dào li

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English meaning

  • complainant noun A person who makes a formal complaint, especially in a legal or official setting.
  • justification noun A reason or explanation that shows an action or belief to be reasonable or acceptable.
  • occasion noun A particular time when something happens, especially something notable.
  • ration noun A fixed, limited amount of something, especially food, given out to each person.
  • rationale noun The set of reasons or logical basis behind a decision or action.
  • sense noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.
  • validation noun The act of confirming that something is correct, genuine, or meets a standard.

Senses

道理 is used for these senses in English:

  • complainant One who makes complaint, one who complains.
  • justification (countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
  • occasion An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]
  • ration A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.
  • rationale A justification or rationalization for something.
  • sense (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
  • validation The act of validating something.

justification — full definition

  1. noun A reason or explanation that shows an action or belief to be reasonable or acceptable.
  2. noun The alignment of text so its edges line up evenly along a margin.

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