应当 - Should - Simplified Chinese word mnemonic

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should

应

should

当

to work as

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should

ought

When you 应当 should do something, it is because that thing you 应 should do will indeed 当 work as the best possible thing you could do.

我们应当互相谅解。

We should try to understand each other.

应当早做准备才是。

We should prepare early.