正气 (正氣)
zhèng qì
Pinyin

Definition

正气 (正氣)
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zhèng qì
  1. healthy environment
  2. healthy atmosphere
  3. righteousness
  4. vital energy (in Chinese medicine)

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

这就是空前绝后。不过我也很喜欢李连杰，他身上有一股正气。而且演技也是三个人里最好的。
zhè jiùshì kōngqiánjuéhòu 。bùguò wǒ yě hěn xǐhuan LǐLiánjié ，tā shēn shàng yǒu yī gǔ zhèngqì 。érqiě yǎn jì yě shì sān gè rén lǐ zuìhǎo de 。
He certainly is the most professional of the three. Ever since he was small he's practiced martial arts. He won several national championships. He's really strong on the fundamentals.
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