正着 (正著)
zhèng zháo
Pinyin

Definition

正着 (正著)
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zhèng zháo
  1. head-on
  2. red-handed

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 (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
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
  1. 1 biased
  2. 2 prejudiced (idiom)
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces
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

Sample Sentences

阿基拉 》？Akira！哎呀，真是歪打正着，我找了好久都没找到，没想到今天在你这里碰上了。唉，老板，还有一部获得奥斯卡金像奖的日本动漫你这里有吗？那个作者有很多作品。
Ājīlā 》？Akira ！āiyā ，zhēn shì wāidǎzhèngzháo ，wǒ zhǎo le hǎo jiǔ dōu méi zhǎodào ，méixiǎngdào jīntiān zài nǐ zhèlǐ pèngshàng le 。āi ，lǎobǎn ，hái yǒu yī bù huòdé Àosīkǎ Jīnxiàngjiǎng de Rìběn dòngmàn nǐ zhèlǐ yǒu ma ？nàge zuòzhě yǒu hěn duō zuòpǐn 。
``A-ji-la"? Oh, ``Akira"! If we hadn't happened on this, I would've looked for it for ages! Hey, there's another anime that won an Oscar. Do you have it? The guy who made it has made a lot of movies.
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