正房
zhèng fáng
Pinyin

Definition

正房
 - 
zhèng fáng
  1. central building (in a traditional house)
  2. primary wife

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fǎn zhèng
  1. 1 anyway
  2. 2 in any case
  3. 3 to come over from the enemy's side
Fáng
  1. 1 surname Fang
fáng zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building (single- or two-story)
  3. 3 apartment
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 classifier: 栋 dòng
  6. 6 classifier: 幢 zhuàng
  7. 7 classifier: 座 zuò
  8. 8 classifier: 套 tào
  9. 9 classifier: 间 jiān
fáng jiān
  1. 1 room
  2. 2 classifier: 间 jiān
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
zhēng
  1. 1 first month of the lunar year

Idioms (20)

三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
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)
宠擅专房
chǒng shàn zhuān fáng
  1. 1 an especially favored concubine (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