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Retirement Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) - TWD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |
Employer contribution percentage, defined contribution plans | 6.00% |  |
Defined contribution plans expense | $ 2,609.7 | $ 2,568.9 | $ 2,369.9
Employer contribution percentage, defined benefit plans | 2.00% |  |
Defined benefit plans contribution in the next year | $ 230.9 |  |
Weighted average duration of the defined benefit obligation | 10 years |  |
Actuarial assumption of discount rates [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |
Percentage of decrease in discount rate | 0.50% |  |
Amount of increase in defined benefit obligation | $ 725.0 | 921.8 |
Actuarial assumption of expected rates of salary increases [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |  |
Percentage of increase in salary rate | 0.50% |  |
Amount of increase in defined benefit obligation | $ 706.5 | $ 901.6 |

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- Definition The increase (decrease) in a defined benefit obligation that would have been caused by a decrease in a significant actuarial assumption that was reasonably possible at the end of the reporting period. [Refer: Actuarial assumptions [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 145 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_145_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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