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 biased
2 prejudiced (idiom)
天下太平
tiān xià tài píng
1 the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
太平盛世
tài píng shèng shì
1 peace and prosperity (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
2 fig. hell freezes over
3 pigs can fly
姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
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
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
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
欺人太甚
qī rén tài shèn
1 to bully intolerably (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
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
1 lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
2 fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
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)
Sample Sentences
那种很可爱的小男生，我们可以叫他"正太"。
nà zhǒng hěn kě\'ài de xiǎo nánshēng ，wǒmen kěyǐ jiào tā "zhèngtài "。