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Pinyin zhèng、 zhēng

Radical

止

Strokes

Definition

Chinese 1st month of year, just (right) / main / upright / straight / correct / principle

Usage

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正人君子 zhèng rén jūn zi

upright gentleman / man of honor

反正 fǎn zhèng

anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side

正在 zhèng zài

just at (that time) / right in (that place) / right in the middle of (doing sth)

正好 zhèng hǎo

just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that

明媒正娶 míng méi zhèng qǔ

to be officially wed

正厅 zhèng tīng

stalls / main hall

正颜厉色 zhèng yán lì sè

solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling

正言厉色 zhèng yán lì sè

solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling / also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色

正午 zhèng wǔ

midday / noon / noonday

寿终正寝 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn

to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age

张居正 Zhāng Jū zhèng

Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee

正巧 zhèng qiǎo

just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune

正常 zhèng cháng

regular / normal / ordinary

正式 zhèng shì

formal / official

非正式 fēi zhèng shì

unofficial / informal

正弦 zhèng xián

(math.) sine

正当 zhèng dāng

timely / just (when needed)

正副 zhèng fù

Principal and deputy

正德 Zhèng dé

Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, Temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1]

恢复正常 huī fù zhèng cháng

get right / get one's breath again

正气凛然 zhèng qì lǐn rán

awe-inspiring righteousness / with dignity and honour

改正 gǎi zhèng

to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL:個|个[ge4]

正旦 zhèng dàn

starring female role in a Chinese opera

正是 zhèng shì

(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as

更正 gēng zhèng

to correct / to make a correction

正朔 zhēng shuò

first day of the first lunar month / (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty

矫枉过正 jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng

to overcorrect (idiom) / to overcompensate

真正 zhēn zhèng

genuine / real / true / genuinely

修正案 xiū zhèng àn

amendment / revised draft

正桥 zhèng qiáo

the bridge proper

正楷 zhèng kǎi

regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)

正值 zhèng zhí

just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value

正门 zhèng mén

main entrance / main gate / portal

正确 zhèng què

correct / proper

正要 zhèng yào

to be just about to / to be on the point of

正面 zhèng miàn

front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open

正中 zhèng zhōng

middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub

正规 zhèng guī

regular / according to standards

正统 zhèng tǒng

orthodox

纠正 jiū zhèng

to correct / to make right

正月 Zhēng yuè

first month of the lunar year

歪打正着 wāi dǎ zhèng zháo

to succeed by a lucky stroke

上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi

lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices

正殿 zhèng diàn

main hall of a Buddhist temple

浩然正气 hào rán zhèng qì

awe-inspiring righteousness / the great spirit

正版 zhèng bǎn

genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版[dao4 ban3]

正直 zhèng zhí

upright / upstanding / honest

正确性 zhèng què xìng

validity / correctness

扶正祛邪 fú zhèng qū xié

strengthening the body resistance to eliminate pathogenic factors / strengthening body resistance and eliminating evil

拨乱反正 bō luàn fǎn zhèng

bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder

纯正 chún zhèng

pure / unadulterated / (of motives etc) honest

正义 zhèng yì

justice / righteousness / just / righteous

风华正茂 fēng huá zhèng mào

in one's prime

正电荷 zhèng diàn hè

positive charge

正襟危坐 zhèng jīn wēi zuò

to sit upright and still (idiom)

订正 dìng zhèng

to make a correction

正轨 zhèng guǐ

the right track

正酣 zhèng hān

Positive

正逢 zhèng féng

coincide with... / right on the occasion of...

正邪 zhèng xié

opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM)

改邪归正 gǎi xié guī zhèng

to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf

名正言顺 míng zhèng yán shùn

in a way that justifies the use of the term / genuine / proper / in a way that conforms to logic / justifiable / appropriate / perfectly legitimate

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