Definition

1. Noun:
   • Common sense: The basic, practical judgment and understanding about everyday situations that most reasonable people are expected to have.
   • The natural or ordinary course of things: What is normally expected to happen or be true in a typical situation; the usual state of affairs.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Lẽ thường tình là phải cảm ơn khi ai đó giúp mình. (It is common sense to thank someone when they help you.)
  • Theo lẽ thường tình, mưa nhiều thì cây cối sẽ xanh tốt. (According to the ordinary course of things, with heavy rain, plants will grow lush.)
  • Anh ấy làm trái với mọi lẽ thường tình. (He acted contrary to all common sense.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to express what is logically or naturally expected, often to contrast with an unexpected reality.
  • Lẽ thường tình thì công việc đó đã xong, nhưng họ vẫn còn đang làm. (Common sense would suggest that job is finished, but they are still working on it.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lẽ phải (n): righteousness, what is right and just.
  • Phải biết phân biệt lẽ phải. (One must know how to distinguish what is right.)
• Lẽ tự nhiên (n): the natural order, a natural reason.
  • Đó là lẽ tự nhiên của cuộc sống. (That is the natural order of life.)

Synonyms

• Common sense: Sound practical judgment.
• Normality: The condition of being normal; the usual state.
• The usual course: The typical way things happen.

Related Idioms

• Điều hiển nhiên: a self-evident truth; something that is obvious.
  • Việc đó là điều hiển nhiên, đúng lẽ thường tình. (That is a self-evident truth, in accordance with common sense.)

noun

1. common sense, common course