天经地义

wǒ men xiàng guó jiā nà shuì shì tiān jīng dì yì de shì

我们向国家纳税是天经地义的事。

It's only right and proper that we should pay taxes to the state.

shā rén hái mìng tiān jīng dì yì

杀人还命，天经地义。

It is only right and proper that murder is punished by death.

rén men bǎ shè huì děng jí zhì dù kàn zuò tiān jīng dì yì de shì

人们把社会等级制度看作天经地义的事。

People accepted the class system as part of the natural order of things.