現在言論自由被當作是理所當然的事。

Freedom of speech is now taken as a matter of course.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 現在 xiànzài now; at present; currently
2 言論自由 yánlùnyóu freedom of speech
=3 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=3
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=3
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=3 alternative form of
4 當作 dàngzuò
  1. to treat as
  2. to regard as
=5 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=5 shì variant of shì
6 理所當然 suǒdāngrán
  1. as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course
  2. inevitable and right
=7 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=8 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: , ,

=8
  1. alternative form of (zì, “to establish”)
  2. alternative form of (zì, “to stab”)