正当 (正當)
zhèng dàng
Pinyin

Definition

正当 (正當)
 - 
zhèng dàng
  1. honest
  2. reasonable
  3. fair
  4. sensible
正当 (正當)
 - 
zhèng dāng
  1. timely
  2. just (when needed)

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

Idioms (16)

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
偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
  1. 1 biased
  2. 2 prejudiced (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)

Sample Sentences

广场正当中有一个纪念碑。
guǎngchǎng zhèngdāngzhōng yǒu yī gè jìniànbēi 。
There is a monument at the precise centre of the square.
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正当中
zhèngdāngzhōng
at the precise centre
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国内房产当然不能做啦，但国外房产投资现在正当时。我上半年在加拿大买了两套公寓房，现在差不多升值百分之十左右。
guónèi fángchǎn dāngrán bùnéng zuò la ，dàn guówài fángchǎn tóuzī xiànzài zhèngdāngshí 。wǒ shàngbànnián zài Jiānádà mǎi le liǎng tào gōngyùfáng ，xiànzài chàbuduō shēngzhí bǎifēn zhī shí zuǒyòu 。
Of course you shouldn't invest in domestic housing. However, now is the right time to invest in international housing. I bought two condos in Canada in the first half of this year. They've already appreciated about 10%.
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警察第三次找到我，问我关于那个女孩的事。说实话，我已经感到厌烦了，我开始拒绝和他们合作。他们把我带回到学校，带回到湖边。正当我靠近湖边的一刹那，我似乎又感觉到了曾经出现过的寒冷。我开始挣脱和抵触，使出全身的力气来跟我身边的警察抗争。
jǐngchá dì sān cì zhǎo dào wǒ ，wèn wǒ guānyú nà ge nǚhái de matter 。shuō shíhuà ，wǒ yǐjīng gǎndào yànfán le ，wǒ kāishǐ jùjué hé tāmen hézuò 。tāmen bǎ wǒ dài huí dào xuéxiào ，dài huí dào hú biān 。zhèngdāng wǒ kàojìn hú biān de yīchànà ，wǒ sìhu yòu gǎnjué dào le céngjīng chūxiàn guo de hánlěng 。wǒ kāishǐ zhèngtuō hé dǐchù ，shǐchū quánshēn de lìqi lái gēn wǒ shēnbiān de jǐngchá kàngzhēng 。
The third time the police came for me, they asked about what had happened to the girl. To tell the truth, I was already fed up with them and refusing to cooperate. They took me back to the school; back to the lake. The moment I approached the lakeside, it seemed as though I could feel the same frigid feeling I had felt once before. I started to break loose and put up a fight. I used all the strength my body could muster and made a stand against the officer next to me.
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你怎么断定他们之间有不正当关系？
nǐ zěnme duàndìng tāmen zhījiān yǒu bù zhèngdàng guānxi ？
And how did you conclude that there were improper relations between the two?
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