1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
不修边幅
bù xiū biān fú
1 not care about one's appearance (idiom)
2 slovenly in dress and manner
修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
1 biased
2 prejudiced (idiom)
净心修身
jìng xīn xiū shēn
1 to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)
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
年久失修
nián jiǔ shī xiū
1 old and in a state of disrepair (idiom)
2 dilapidated
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
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
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