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Income Tax - Additional Information (Detail) - TWD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure Of Income Taxes [line items]
Aggregate deductible temporary differences for which no deferred income tax assets recognized	$ 33,445.5		$ 55,521.0
Aggregate taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries not recognized as deferred income tax liabilities	$ 131,085.7		$ 152,827.4
Changes in tax rates or tax laws enacted or announced [member]
Disclosure Of Income Taxes [line items]
Percentage of corporate income tax rate	20.00%	17.00%
Percentage of tax rate surtax imposed on unappropriated earnings	5.00%	10.00%

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The amount of deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised in the statement of financial position. [Refer: Temporary differences [member]]

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