正如
zhèng rú
Pinyin

Definition

正如
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zhèng rú
  1. just as
  2. precisely as

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
如
rú
  1. 1 as
  2. 2 as if
  3. 3 such as
如今
rú jīn
  1. 1 nowadays
  2. 2 now
如何
rú hé
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 what way
  3. 3 what
如果
rú guǒ
  1. 1 if
  2. 2 in case
  3. 3 in the event that
如此
rú cǐ
  1. 1 in this way
  2. 2 so
正
zhēng
  1. 1 first month of the lunar year
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
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
不如
bù rú
  1. 1 not equal to
  2. 2 not as good as
  3. 3 inferior to
  4. 4 it would be better to
例如
lì rú
  1. 1 for example
  2. 2 for instance
  3. 3 such as
修正
xiū zhèng
  1. 1 to revise
  2. 2 to amend
假如
jiǎ rú
  1. 1 if
公正
gōng zhèng
  1. 1 just
  2. 2 fair
  3. 3 equitable
如下
rú xià
  1. 1 as follows
如来
rú lái
  1. 1 tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
如同
rú tóng
  1. 1 like
  2. 2 as
如意
rú yì
  1. 1 as one wants
  2. 2 according to one's wishes
  3. 3 ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune

Idioms (20)

一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
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
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
  1. 1 life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
伴君如伴虎
bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
  1. 1 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
  1. 1 if only it were so
  2. 2 I hope so (idiom)
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
  1. 1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
  2. 2 Things haven't changed at all.
倘能如此
tǎng néng rú cǐ
  1. 1 if it is possible (idiom)
偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
  1. 1 biased
  2. 2 prejudiced (idiom)
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
危如朝露
wēi rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
危如累卵
wēi rú lěi luǎn
  1. 1 precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment
  2. 2 in a dangerous state
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
咆哮如雷
páo xiào rú léi
  1. 1 to be in a thundering rage (idiom)
嗜酒如命
shì jiǔ rú mìng
  1. 1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle

Sample Sentences

这种尊严同时体现在对公司销售人员的要求上，销售人员必须举止得体、彬彬有礼，正如波尔顿著名的训练员工的备忘录里所说：既不要像收税官那样不苟言笑，也不能像算命先生一样油腔滑调……
zhèzhǒng zūnyán tóngshí tǐxiàn zài duì gōngsī xiāoshòu rényuán de yāoqiú shàng ，xiāoshòu rényuán bìxū jǔzhǐ détǐ 、bīnbīnyǒulǐ ，zhèngrú bōěrdùn zhùmíng de xùnliàn yuángōng de bèiwànglù lǐ suǒshuō ：jì bùyào xiàng shōushuìguān nàyàng bùgǒuyánxiào ，yě bùnéng xiàng suànmìngxiānsheng yīyàng yóuqiānghuádiào ……
This dignity is also reflected in the demands on the company’s sales staff. Each salesperson must behave well and be polite, as Bolton’s famous staff training memo says: “Don’t be as frightful as the tax collector, or as slippery as a fortune-teller."
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正如你所想，得知这个消息后，澳洲夫妇要求代理孕母堕胎，而派塔拉蒙则因为自己的佛教信仰而拒绝了。生产后，澳洲夫妇将健康的女婴带回了澳洲抚养，而将患有唐氏症和先天性心脏病的小男孩盖米留在了泰国。
zhèngrú nǐ suǒ xiǎng ，dézhī zhè ge xiāoxi hòu ，Àozhōu fūfù yāoqiú dàilǐyùnmǔ duòtāi ，ér Pàitǎlāméng zé yīnwèi zìjǐ de fójiào xìnyǎng ér jùjué le 。shēngchǎn hòu ，Àozhōu fūfù jiāng jiànkāng de nǚ yīng dài huí le Àozhōu fǔyǎng ，ér jiāng huàn yǒu tángshìzhèng hé xiāntiānxìng xīnzàngbìng de xiǎo nánhái Gàimǐ liú zài le Tàiguó 。
As you might think, when they found out this information, the Australian couple asked her to have an abortion, but Pattaramon, because of her Buddhist faith, refused. After the birth, the Australian couple took the healthy child back to Australia to raise her and left the little boy Gammy with Down syndrome and congenital heart disease in Thailand.
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绍兴人的生活惬意而充满诗情，正如那一碗清冽醇香的黄酒，可谓：“人生百态，酒中百味”。
Shàoxīng rén de shēnghuó qièyì ér chōngmǎn shīqíng ，zhèngrú nà yī wǎn qīngliè chúnxiāng de huángjiǔ ，kěwèi ：“rénshēng bǎitài ，jiǔ zhōng bǎiwèi ”。
Shaoxing locals have a life of contentment full of poetry. Just like that bowl of cooling fragrant huangjiu, one can say, "There's hundreds of ways to live and hundreds of flavours to liquors."
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很有魄力啊，正如奥巴马自己所说：“我不是提出这一问题的第一位总统，但我决定要成为最后一位总统！”
hěnyǒu pòlì ā ，zhèngrú Àobāmǎ zìjǐ suǒ shuō ：“wǒ bùshì tíchū zhè yī wèntí de dì yī wèi zǒngtǒng ，dàn wǒ juédìng yào chéngwéi zuìhòu yī wèi zǒngtǒng ！”
Very ambitious. Just like Obama himself said: "I am not the first president to raise this issue, but I have decided to become the last president to do so!"
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