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)
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
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
扶正压邪
fú zhèng yā xié
1 to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
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
矫枉过正
jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng
1 to overcorrect (idiom)
2 to overcompensate
义正辞严
yì zhèng cí yán
1 to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
脚正不怕鞋歪
jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi
1 lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe
2 an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)
言归正传
yán guī zhèng zhuàn
1 to return to the topic (idiom)
2 to get back to the main point
邪不敌正
xié bù dí zhèng
1 good will always triumph over evil (idiom)
阿谀奉承
ē yú fèng chéng
1 flattering and fawning (idiom)
2 sweet-talking
Sample Sentences
对,得慢慢读。我们上大学的时候,老师足足讲了半个学期的 《 阿Q正传 》 。
duì ,děi màn mān dú 。wǒmen shàng dàxué de shíhou ,lǎoshī zúzú jiǎng le bàn ge xuéqī de 《 Āguì zhèngzhuàn 》 。
Yeah. You need to read them slowly. When we were in college, the professor talked for a full half-semester about ''The True Story of Ah Q."