常理

• 拼音: cháng lǐ
• 汉字拆解: 常 = 尚 (esteem, phonetic) + 巾 (cloth, associated with everyday things); 理 = 王/玉 (jade/king) + 里 (inside, phonetic)

含义

Common sense; normal reasoning; general logic. The principles or reasoning that most people would consider obvious or natural under ordinary circumstances.

Used in discourse to appeal to what any reasonable person would expect or understand. Common collocations: 按常理来说 (by normal logic), 违背常理 (defy common sense), 不符合常理 (contrary to normal reasoning). Frequently appears in legal reasoning, argumentation, and critical analysis to evaluate whether something is believable or logical. Slightly more formal and argumentative in tone than 常识.

例句

1. 按常理来说，一个正常经营的企业不可能在短短三个月内实现如此离谱的利润增长。
2. 这份合同中的几处条款明显违背常理，律师建议当事人在签署前务必寻求专业意见。
3. 侦探指出，嫌疑人的证词在细节上虽无漏洞，但整体上不符合常理，疑点难以排除。

用法指南

语境: law, argumentation, analysis, daily reasoning, journalism

语气: rational

正确说法

• 按常理，父母对子女的牵挂会随着距离的增加而愈发强烈，而非减弱。(By normal reasoning, a parent's concern for a child tends to grow stronger with distance, not weaker.)
• 这种解释完全违背常理，很难让人信服，法官当庭表示质疑。(This explanation defies common sense entirely and is difficult to accept — the judge expressed scepticism on the spot.)

错误说法

• 常理上这道菜很好吃。(常理 refers to logical reasoning or general principles, not personal taste — use 通常来说 or 一般来说 instead: 一般来说这道菜很受欢迎)

起源与历史

常 (ordinary, normal) + 理 (reason, logic, principle). The normal, expected logic of how things work.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal