张居正
Zhāng Jū zhèng
Pinyin

Definition

张居正
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Zhāng Jū zhèng
  1. Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

反正
fǎn zhèng
  1. 1 anyway
  2. 2 in any case
  3. 3 to come over from the enemy's side
居然
jū rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 go so far as to
正
zhēng
  1. 1 first month of the lunar year
正在
zhèng zài
  1. 1 just at (that time)
  2. 2 right in (that place)
  3. 3 right in the middle of (doing sth)
正常
zhèng cháng
  1. 1 regular
  2. 2 normal
  3. 3 ordinary
正式
zhèng shì
  1. 1 formal
  2. 2 official
真正
zhēn zhèng
  1. 1 genuine
  2. 2 real
  3. 3 true
  4. 4 genuinely
修正
xiū zhèng
  1. 1 to revise
  2. 2 to amend
公正
gōng zhèng
  1. 1 just
  2. 2 fair
  3. 3 equitable
同居
tóng jū
  1. 1 to live together
家居
jiā jū
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 residence
  3. 3 to stay at home (unemployed)
居
Jū
  1. 1 surname Ju
居住
jū zhù
  1. 1 to reside
  2. 2 to dwell
  3. 3 to live in a place
  4. 4 resident in
居家
jū jiā
  1. 1 to live at home
  2. 2 to stay at home
  3. 3 home (schooling etc)
  4. 4 in-home (care etc)
  5. 5 household (repairs etc)
  6. 6 living (environment etc)
居民
jū mín
  1. 1 resident
  2. 2 inhabitant
张居正
Zhāng Jū zhèng
  1. 1 Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
改正
gǎi zhèng
  1. 1 to correct
  2. 2 to amend
  3. 3 to put right
  4. 4 correction
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
正午
zhèng wǔ
  1. 1 midday
  2. 2 noon
  3. 3 noonday
正品
zhèng pǐn
  1. 1 certified goods
  2. 2 quality product
  3. 3 normal product
  4. 4 A-class goods
正太
zhèng tài
  1. 1 young, cute boy
  2. 2 derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zhèng tài kòng]

Idioms (20)

上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 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. 1 biased
  2. 2 prejudiced (idiom)
功成不居
gōng chéng bù jū
  1. 1 not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
安居乐业
ān jū lè yè
  1. 1 to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
就地正法
jiù dì zhèng fǎ
  1. 1 to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution
  2. 2 to carry out the law on the spot
居功自傲
jū gōng zì ào
  1. 1 satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
居安思危
jū ān sī wēi
  1. 1 to think of danger in times of safety
  2. 2 to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
居心不良
jū xīn bù liáng
  1. 1 to harbor evil intentions (idiom)
居心叵测
jū xīn pǒ cè
  1. 1 harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)
居无定所
jū wú dìng suǒ
  1. 1 to be without a fixed residence (idiom)
居高临下
jū gāo lín xià
  1. 1 to live high and look down (idiom)
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 to tower above
  4. 4 to occupy the high ground
  5. 5 fig. arrogance based on one's social position
后来居上
hòu lái jū shàng
  1. 1 lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation
  2. 2 the pupil surpasses the master
扶正压邪
fú zhèng yā xié
  1. 1 to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
舍正从邪
shě zhèng cóng xié
  1. 1 to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
改邪归正
gǎi xié guī zhèng
  1. 1 to mend one's ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
正中要害
zhèng zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
正襟危坐
zhèng jīn wēi zuò
  1. 1 to sit upright and still (idiom)
正言厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
  1. 1 solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
  2. 2 also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色
正颜厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
  1. 1 solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling

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