正好
zhèng hǎo
Pinyin

Definition

正好
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zhèng hǎo
  1. just (in time)
  2. just right
  3. just enough
  4. to happen to
  5. to chance to
  6. by chance
  7. it just so happens that

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

好
hǎo
  1. 1 good
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 proper
  4. 4 good to
  5. 5 easy to
  6. 6 very
  7. 7 so
  8. 8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
  9. 9 (of two people) close
  10. 10 on intimate terms
  11. 11 (after a personal pronoun) hello
刚好
gāng hǎo
  1. 1 just
  2. 2 exactly
  3. 3 to happen to be
反正
fǎn zhèng
  1. 1 anyway
  2. 2 in any case
  3. 3 to come over from the enemy's side
只好
zhǐ hǎo
  1. 1 without any better option
  2. 2 to have to
  3. 3 to be forced to
好不容易
hǎo bù róng yì
  1. 1 with great difficulty
  2. 2 very difficult

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
不问好歹
bù wèn hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 no matter what may happen (idiom)
不知好歹
bù zhī hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 not to know what's good for one
  3. 3 unable to recognize others' good intentions
不识好歹
bù shí hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to tell good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 undiscriminating
偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
  1. 1 biased
  2. 2 prejudiced (idiom)

Sample Sentences

后来秦宇向女孩儿的邻居们打听，才知道原来女孩儿7月31日在上海看完话剧表演后，在回酒店的路上被一个酒后驾车的司机撞上，当场身亡，香消玉陨了，而8月7日那天正好是女孩儿的头七。
hòulái QínYǔ xiàng nǚháiēr de línjū men dǎting ，cái zhīdào yuánlái nǚháiēr yuè rì zài Shànghǎi kàn wán huàjù biǎoyǎn hòu ，zài huí jiǔdiàn de lùshang bèi yīgè jiǔhòu jiàchē de sījī zhuàng shàng ，dāngchǎng shēnwáng ，xiāngxiāoyùyǔn le ，ér yuè rì nàtiān zhènghǎo shì nǚháiēr de tóuqī 。
Afterwards, QinYu asked the girl's neighbor. As it turned out, the girl got hit by a drunk driver on her way back to the hotel, right after she watched the play in Shanghai on 31st of July. She died at the scene. This pretty girl perished along with her fragrance. August 7th is the 7th day after her death.
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你今天遇到我算你好运，本人正好是精酿啤酒专家，让我来好好给你上一课，不过你得先说说，好不好喝？
nǐ jīntiān yùdào wǒ suàn nǐ hǎoyùn ，běnrén zhènghǎo shì jīngniàngpíjiǔ zhuānjiā ，ràng wǒ lái hǎohǎo gěi nǐ shàng yī kè ，bùguò nǐ děi xiān shuō shuō ，hǎobuhǎo hē ？
You’ve really had a stroke of luck today meeting me, I just happen to be a craft beer connoisseur. Let me give you a proper lesson on it, but you should first tell me, do you think it’s nice?
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俺家正好有个要卖，在一楼你来给看看！
ǎn jiā zhènghǎo yǒu ge yào mài ，zài yī lóu nǐ lái gěi kàn kan ！
We have one at home that we want to sell. It's on the ground floor, come I'll let you have a look at it!
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哦，我美丽的皇后，若您正好居住在中国大陆，那么请您一定不能忽略鼎鼎大名的'网红'。
ò ，wǒ měilì de huánghòu ，ruò nín zhènghǎo jūzhù zài Zhōngguódàlù ，nàme qǐng nín yīdìng bùnéng hūlüè dǐngdǐngdàmíng de 'wǎnghóng '。
Oh, my fair queen, if you happen to live in Mainland China, then you can't ignore all the internet celebrities.
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这行当适合您啊，敢创新、有魄力头脑又转得快！做生意正好！
zhè hángdang shìhé nín ā ，gǎn chuàngxīn 、yǒu pòlì tóunǎo yòu zhuàn de kuài ！zuò shēngyi zhènghǎo ！
That kind of career suits you very well. Given your courage in innovation, along with your drive, brains and adaptability, you're perfectly suited to doing business!
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真聪明，说到灯谜，我这儿正好有个灯谜，你猜猜，怎么样？
zhēn cōngming ，shuōdào dēngmí ，wǒ zhèr zhènghǎo yǒu gè dēngmí ，nǐ cāi cai ，zěnmeyàng ？
You're so clever. Talking of lantern riddles, I have one right here. How about having a go at it?
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老李，我正好有事想跟你说。
Lǎo Lǐ ，wǒ zhènghǎo yǒushì xiǎng gēn nǐ shuō 。
Mr Li, I just happen to have something to tell you.
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我最近正好也想买房子，不如我们一起看。
wǒ zuìjìn zhènghǎo yě xiǎng mǎi fángzi ，bùrú wǒmen yīqǐ kàn 。
Recently I also just happen to want to buy a house too, so we should look together.
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我不信，快点还我，我看到一半，现在正好是剧情高潮。
wǒ bùxìn ，kuài diǎn huán wǒ ，wǒ kàndào yībàn ，xiànzài zhènghǎo shì jùqíng gāocháo 。
I don't believe you. Hurry up and give it back to me. I'm halfway through and it just so happens I've got to the climax of the story.
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