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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「公道合理」.

Here’s the idiom 「公道合理」, with its definition and practical application described below.

It means handling things fairly and reasonably. Same as “fair and reasonable”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gōng dào hé lǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gung1 dou6 hap6 lei5

There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.