正当防卫
zhèng dàng fáng wèi
Pinyin

Definition

正当防卫
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zhèng dàng fáng wèi
  1. reasonable self-defense
  2. legitimate defense

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

反正
fǎn zhèng
  1. 1 anyway
  2. 2 in any case
  3. 3 to come over from the enemy's side
正
zhēng
  1. 1 first month of the lunar year
正品
zhèng pǐn
  1. 1 certified goods
  2. 2 quality product
  3. 3 normal product
  4. 4 A-class goods
正在
zhèng zài
  1. 1 just at (that time)
  2. 2 right in (that place)
  3. 3 right in the middle of (doing sth)
正常
zhèng cháng
  1. 1 regular
  2. 2 normal
  3. 3 ordinary
正式
zhèng shì
  1. 1 formal
  2. 2 official
真正
zhēn zhèng
  1. 1 genuine
  2. 2 real
  3. 3 true
  4. 4 genuinely
修正
xiū zhèng
  1. 1 to revise
  2. 2 to amend
光明正大
guāng míng zhèng dà
  1. 1 (of a person) honorable
  2. 2 not devious
  3. 3 (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard
  4. 4 without tricks
  5. 5 openly
  6. 6 (of a situation) out in the open
公正
gōng zhèng
  1. 1 just
  2. 2 fair
  3. 3 equitable
张居正
Zhāng Jū zhèng
  1. 1 Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
改正
gǎi zhèng
  1. 1 to correct
  2. 2 to amend
  3. 3 to put right
  4. 4 correction
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
正事
zhèng shì
  1. 1 one's proper business
正午
zhèng wǔ
  1. 1 midday
  2. 2 noon
  3. 3 noonday
正太
zhèng tài
  1. 1 young, cute boy
  2. 2 derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zhèng tài kòng]
正好
zhèng hǎo
  1. 1 just (in time)
  2. 2 just right
  3. 3 just enough
  4. 4 to happen to
  5. 5 to chance to
  6. 6 by chance
  7. 7 it just so happens that
正宗
zhèng zōng
  1. 1 orthodox school
  2. 2 fig. traditional
  3. 3 old school
  4. 4 authentic
  5. 5 genuine
正月
Zhēng yuè
  1. 1 first month of the lunar year
正比
zhèng bǐ
  1. 1 direct ratio
  2. 2 directly proportional
正版
zhèng bǎn
  1. 1 genuine
  2. 2 legal
  3. 3 see also 盜版|盗版[dào bǎn]

Idioms (20)

上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
以防万一
yǐ fáng wàn yī
  1. 1 to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
  2. 2 prepared for any eventualities
偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
  1. 1 biased
  2. 2 prejudiced (idiom)
俭以防匮
jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì
  1. 1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
就地正法
jiù dì zhèng fǎ
  1. 1 to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution
  2. 2 to carry out the law on the spot
扶正压邪
fú zhèng yā xié
  1. 1 to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
舍正从邪
shě zhèng cóng xié
  1. 1 to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
改邪归正
gǎi xié guī zhèng
  1. 1 to mend one's ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
明枪好躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明枪易躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
正中要害
zhèng zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
正襟危坐
zhèng jīn wēi zuò
  1. 1 to sit upright and still (idiom)
正言厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
  1. 1 solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
  2. 2 also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色
正颜厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
  1. 1 solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
矫枉过正
jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng
  1. 1 to overcorrect (idiom)
  2. 2 to overcompensate
义正辞严
yì zhèng cí yán
  1. 1 to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
脚正不怕鞋歪
jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi
  1. 1 lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe
  2. 2 an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)
言归正传
yán guī zhèng zhuàn
  1. 1 to return to the topic (idiom)
  2. 2 to get back to the main point
邪不敌正
xié bù dí zhèng
  1. 1 good will always triumph over evil (idiom)

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