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名正言顺míng zhèng yán shùnthe name is correct and what is said accords with reason (/the truth of things) —perfectly justifiable; fitting (/right) and proper
❍ 今已抚有两川之地，可以应天顺人，即皇帝位，～，以讨国贼。(《三国演义》629) You have restored peace over this ‘Land of Streams’，and your becoming Emperor would be according to God’s will and the desire of the people. Then by right and title you could destroy rebels…/照母亲的意思，虽然不勉强要他们举行订婚那一套仪式，但是总也要～地通知亲戚和最好的朋友一下。(杨沫《青春之歌》471) She would not force them to go through a formal betrothal,but she did want to make their engagement known in a suitable manner to their relatives and best friends.
❍ 他既然说的～，妈妈就打量着丢了一千、八百银子，竟交与他试一试。(《红楼梦》593) As his arguments sound reasonable,you may as well send him off to have a try—at worst it only means wasting eight hundred or a thousand taels.
❍ 在这种时候，他看女儿是个会挣钱的东西，他是作爸爸的，跟她要钱是～。(老舍《骆驼祥子》163)At such times he saw her only as a money-earning object while he,as her father,had every right to ask for some of it. 名正言顺❶proper name and sound reason
❷fit and proper
作为他的唯一后人，你可以～地继承他的财产。You are his only heir,it is perfectly justifiable for you to inherit his legacy. 名正言顺mínɡ zhènɡ yán shùn名义正当，说起话来顺理，道理也讲得通；也泛指有非常正当的理由去做事。be perfectly justifiable, fitting and proper, come within one’s jurisdiction |