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正角
zhèng jiǎo
Pinyin
Definition
正角
-
zhèng jué
good guy (in a story)
hero
正角
-
zhèng jiǎo
positive angle
Character Decomposition
正
一
止
角
角
Related Words
(20)
主角
zhǔ jué
1
leading role
2
lead
反正
fǎn zhèng
1
anyway
2
in any case
3
to come over from the enemy's side
正
zhēng
1
first month of the lunar year
正品
zhèng pǐn
1
certified goods
2
quality product
3
normal product
4
A-class goods
正在
zhèng zài
1
just at (that time)
2
right in (that place)
3
right in the middle of (doing sth)
正常
zhèng cháng
1
regular
2
normal
3
ordinary
正式
zhèng shì
1
formal
2
official
真正
zhēn zhèng
1
genuine
2
real
3
true
4
genuinely
三角
sān jiǎo
1
triangle
三角洲
sān jiǎo zhōu
1
delta (geography)
五角场
Wǔ jiǎo chǎng
1
Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
修正
xiū zhèng
1
to revise
2
to amend
光明正大
guāng míng zhèng dà
1
(of a person) honorable
2
not devious
3
(of a behavior) fair and aboveboard
4
without tricks
5
openly
6
(of a situation) out in the open
公正
gōng zhèng
1
just
2
fair
3
equitable
崭露头角
zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo
1
to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
张居正
Zhāng Jū zhèng
1
Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
改正
gǎi zhèng
1
to correct
2
to amend
3
to put right
4
correction
5
CL:個|个[gè]
旺角
Wàng Jiǎo
1
Mong Kok (area in Hong Kong)
正事
zhèng shì
1
one's proper business
正传
zhèng zhuàn
1
main subject of long novel
2
true biography
Idioms
(20)
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
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
biased
2
prejudiced (idiom)
初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
1
lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
2
first sign of emerging talent
3
budding genius
勾心斗角
gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
1
to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
2
(in palace construction) elaborate and refined
就地正法
jiù dì zhèng fǎ
1
to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution
2
to carry out the law on the spot
崭露头角
zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo
1
to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
扶正压邪
fú zhèng yā xié
1
to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
拐弯抹角
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
1
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
2
fig. to speak in a roundabout way
3
to equivocate
4
to beat about the bush
舍正从邪
shě zhèng cóng xié
1
to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
改邪归正
gǎi xié guī zhèng
1
to mend one's ways (idiom)
2
to turn over a new leaf
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
1
to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
正中要害
zhèng zhòng yào hài
1
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
正襟危坐
zhèng jīn wēi zuò
1
to sit upright and still (idiom)
正言厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
1
solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
2
also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色
正颜厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
1
solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
1
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
2
fig. to be diligent in one's studies
矫枉过正
jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng
1
to overcorrect (idiom)
2
to overcompensate
总角之交
zǒng jiǎo zhī jiāo
1
childhood friend (idiom)
总角之好
zǒng jiǎo zhī hǎo
1
childhood friend (idiom)
义正辞严
yì zhèng cí yán
1
to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
Sample Sentences