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HSK
(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
regular education
incorrect / erroneous
formal; official
HSK 3
hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
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
upstanding person / upright person
abnormal
orthodontics
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  *正* | 正* | *正
first month of the lunar year
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  *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
standard form of a Chinese character / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
correct; sound; right; proper
HSK 2
dishonest / unfair / improper
regular / normal / ordinary
HSK 2
midday / noon / noonday
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
unhealthy tendency
HSK 7-9
sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)
regular (figure in geometry)
to stand straight / attention! (order to troops)
unfair competition / illicit competition
main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)
amendment / revised draft
one's proper business
Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇 (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗
orthodoxy; tradition / orthodox; traditional / principles of dynastic succession / (of an heir) legitimate
lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
Eastern Orthodox Church
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
HSK 1
normal operation / proper functioning
adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
fair and honest
(of a train etc) on time; punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour
(idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness
regular army / standing army
decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards
improper relationship; illicit relationship
displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square
upright gentleman / man of honor
(of a person) honorable; not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly / (of a situation) out in the open
upright / upstanding / honest
HSK 7-9
exactly what one wants
positive correlation
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
pilot-in-command; captain (cf. 副駕駛|副驾驶, copilot)
Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日, supreme leader of North Korea from 2011
a person's face as seen from the front
just as / precisely as
HSK 5
to have regular features
formal dress
just; fair; equitable
HSK 5
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)
justice / righteousness / just / righteous
HSK 5
to correct / to make right
HSK 6
to revise; to amend; to rectify
HSK 7-9
correction fluid
the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
regular / according to standards
HSK 5
pure / unadulterated / (of motives etc) honest
not to engage in honest work / to ignore one's proper occupation / not to attend to one's proper duties
orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine
HSK 7-9
certified goods / quality product / normal product / A-class goods
to refute and correct
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
head-on / red-handed
direct proportionality
(of a person) upright; respectable; decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable
positive energy / positivity
HSK 7-9
(Tw) beautiful woman / sexy woman
The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
HSK 7-9
true or false? / correct or incorrect / to correct errors (in a document)
in a way that justifies the use of the term / genuine / proper / in a way that conforms to logic / justifiable / appropriate / perfectly legitimate
orthogonality
corrigenda
to transfer to full membership / to obtain tenure
healthy atmosphere; moral spirit / unyielding integrity; probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value
earnest / authentic
regular expression (computing)
bourgeois tragedy
two-way / reversible / both sides of the coin
opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气 and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气 (TCM)
Zhongzheng District of Taipei 台北市 or Keelung 基隆市
to be honest and upright / to have moral integrity
upright and plainspoken
whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference / six of one and half a dozen of the other / as broad as it is long
a rectangular parallelepiped
first month of the lunar year
goose-step (for military parades)
(political) legitimacy
solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
unofficial; informal
lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
political correctness / politically correct

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