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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

正如zhèng rú

just as / precisely as

正方形zhèng fāng xíng

square

正大光明zhèng dà guāng míng

just and honorable

正值zhèng zhí

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

正传zhèng zhuàn

main subject of long novel / true biography

正方zhèng fāng

the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate)

正名zhèng míng

to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)

正法zhèng fǎ

to execute / the law

正牌zhèng pái

officially recognized / genuine / legitimate

正电子zhèng diàn zǐ

positron (antiparticle of the electron)

正路zhèng lù

(lit. and fig.) the right way / the correct path / the proper course

正儿八经zhèng ér bā jīng

serious / earnest / real / true

正反zhèng fǎn

positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside

正极zhèng jí

positive electrode / positive pole / anode

非正式fēi zhèng shì

unofficial / informal

光明正大guāng míng zhèng dà

(of a person) honorable / not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard / without tricks / openly / (of a situation) out in the open

矫正jiǎo zhèng

to correct / to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) / to cure / rectification / correction / to straighten

言归正传yán guī zhèng zhuàn

to return to the topic (idiom) / to get back to the main point

更正gēng zhèng

to correct / to make a correction

纯正chún zhèng

pure / unadulterated / (of motives etc) honest

改邪归正gǎi xié guī zhèng

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

端正duān zhèng

upright / regular / proper / correct

一本正经yī běn zhèng jīng

(idiom) in deadly earnest / deadpan

非正常fēi zhèng cháng

abnormal / irregular

校正jiào zhèng

to proofread and correct / to edit and rectify / to correct / to calibrate

指正zhǐ zhèng

to point out mistakes or weak points for correction / to comment / criticism

堂堂正正táng táng zhèng zhèng

displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square

清正qīng zhèng

upright and honorable

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

严正yán zhèng

sternly / solemn

拨乱反正bō luàn fǎn zhèng

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

不务正业bù wù zhèng yè

not to engage in honest work / to ignore one's proper occupation / not to attend to one's proper duties

正丁醚zhèng dīng mí

butyl ether

正中下怀zhèng zhòng xià huái

exactly what one wants

正中要害zhèng zhòng yào hài

to hit the nail on the head (idiom)

正主zhèng zhǔ

central figure / rightful owner / (slang) idol of a fan

正交zhèng jiāo

orthogonality

正交群zhèng jiāo qún

orthogonal group (math.)

正人zhèng rén

upstanding person / upright person

正人君子zhèng rén jūn zi

upright gentleman / man of honor

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