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HSK
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *正* | 正* | *正
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
HSK 1
regular / normal / ordinary
HSK 2
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
correct; sound; right; proper
HSK 2
genuine; real; true / really; indeed
HSK 2
is precisely
HSK 2
formal; official
HSK 3
anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
HSK 3
to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
justice / righteousness / just / righteous
HSK 5
genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版
HSK 5
just; fair; equitable
HSK 5
just as / precisely as
HSK 5
regular / according to standards
HSK 5
honest / reasonable / fair / sensible
HSK 6
to correct / to make right
HSK 6
orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine
HSK 7-9
to correct / to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) / to cure / rectification / correction / to straighten
HSK 7-9
to revise; to amend; to rectify
HSK 7-9
to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
HSK 7-9
upright / regular / proper / correct
HSK 7-9
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
HSK 7-9
unhealthy tendency
HSK 7-9
upright / upstanding / honest
HSK 7-9
upright and honest / integrity
HSK 7-9
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
positive energy / positivity
HSK 7-9
midday / noon / noonday
The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735)
(Tw) to guide sb in the right direction / to correct (behavior etc)
an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)
(lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course
not to engage in honest work / to ignore one's proper occupation / not to attend to one's proper duties
positron emission tomography (PET)
one's proper business
positive correlation
term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气 and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气
to identify / to verify sb's identity / identification
a nonpositive number (i.e. negative or zero)
starring male role in a Chinese opera
to return to the right path / to mend one's ways / to reform / Reformed (church etc)
to correct / to make a correction
(of a train etc) on time; punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour
orthogonality
regular (figure in geometry)
upstanding person / upright person
just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune
revisionism
Eastern Orthodox Church
minister in charge of the imperial clan
Chiang Chung-cheng, adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
healthy atmosphere; moral spirit / unyielding integrity; probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife
Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard
timely / just (when needed)
standard form (of a Chinese character) / plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic) / printed style (as opposed to cursive) / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
fair and honest
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
normal cost (accountancy)
main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)
forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
regular polyhedron
to be just about to / to be on the point of
amendment / revised draft
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
to execute / the law
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
to be in the prime of life
first day of the first lunar month / (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
the correct path / the right way (Buddhism)
young, cute boy / derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控
clear and square / neat / square (person)
(of a person) upright; respectable; decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable
shotacon (Japanese loanword) / manga or anime genre depicting young boys in an erotic manner
positive and negative
square
the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
unofficial; informal
normalization (of diplomatic relations etc)
(regular) meal / full meal / main course
(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
the right track
empress
middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub
erroneous form of Kim Jong-un 金正恩
to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)
to proofread and correct / to edit and rectify / to correct / to calibrate
to transfer to full membership / to obtain tenure
correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
Zhengning, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市, Gansu
standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation
sternly / solemn
(literary) to follow the right path
(of a person) honorable; not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly / (of a situation) out in the open
original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book)

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