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 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
2 not content to lag behind
偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
1 biased
2 prejudiced (idiom)
同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ
1 shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
2 for better or for worse
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
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
心甘情愿
xīn gān qíng yuàn
1 delighted to (do sth, idiom)
2 perfectly happy to do
3 most willing to do
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)
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
甘之如饴
gān zhī rú yí
1 lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly