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zhèng jīng

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Definitions

  1. 1. decent
  2. 2. honorable
  3. 3. proper
  4. 4. serious
  5. 5. according to standards

Words Containing 正经

一本正经
yī běn zhèng jīng

in deadly earnest; deadpan

假正经
jiǎ zhèng jīng

demure

正经八板
zhèng jīng bā bǎn

see 正經八百|正经八百[zhèng jīng bā bǎi]

正经八百
zhèng jīng bā bǎi

very serious

Child Words of 正经

正
zhēng

first month of the lunar year

正
zhèng

straight

经
jīng

classics

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