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"upright (of people)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
嶙峋 lín xún bony (of people) / craggy / rugged (of terrain) / upright (of people) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
华沙条约 華沙條約 huá shā tiáo yuē Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the People's Republic of Albania, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the Hungarian People's Republic, the German Democratic Republic, the Polish People's Republic, the Romanian People's Repub
华沙友好合作互助条约 華沙友好合作互助條約 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the People's Republic of Albania, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the Hungarian People's Republic, the German Democratic Republic, the Polish People's Republic, the Romanian People's Repub
何不食肉糜 hé bù shí ròu mí lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn
正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn
正直 zhèng zhí upright / upstanding / honest syn
端正 duān zhèng upright / regular / proper / correct syn
笔直 筆直 bǐ zhí perfectly straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright syn
坚挺 堅挺 jiān tǐng firm and upright / strong (of currency) syn
直立 zhí lì erect / upright / vertical syn
端坐 duān zuò to sit upright syn
正派 zhèng pài (of a person) upright / respectable / decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable syn
矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) syn
青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official) syn
前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
能人 néng rén capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid syn
挺立 tǐng lì to stand erect / to stand upright syn
鱼头 魚頭 yú tóu fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise
竖立 豎立 shù lì to erect / to set upright / to stand syn
昂然 áng rán upright and unafraid syn
笔挺 筆挺 bǐ tǐng (standing) very straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright / well-ironed / trim syn
怦怦 pēng pēng thumping sound (onom.) / to be eager and anxious (to do sth) / faithful and upright syn
清贫 清貧 qīng pín poor but upright / destitute syn
伟岸 偉岸 wěi àn imposing / upright and tall / outstanding / gigantic in stature syn
扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status
堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square syn
清正 qīng zhèng upright and honorable syn
正人君子 zhèng rén jūn zi upright gentleman / man of honor syn
光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò open and candid (idiom) / straightforward and upright syn
刚烈 剛烈 gāng liè resolute and upright in character / unyielding / staunch syn
方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn
苍劲 蒼勁 cāng jìn bold / upright and strong / vigorous / forceful (brush strokes) / sureness of touch syn
清官 qīng guān honest and upright official (traditional) syn
竖直 豎直 shù zhí vertical / to erect / to set upright / vertical stroke in Chinese characters / young servant (old)
正襟危坐 zhèng jīn wēi zuò to sit upright and still (idiom) syn
正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn
铁面 鐵面 tiě miàn iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person
刚直 剛直 gāng zhí upright and outspoken syn
劲草 勁草 jìng cǎo tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship
偏斜 piān xié crooked / not upright / diverging from straight line / improper / dishonest syn
刚正 剛正 gāng zhèng honest / upright syn
兀立 wù lì to stand upright and motionless syn
刚正不阿 剛正不阿 gāng zhèng bù ē upright and plainspoken syn
端方 duān fāng upright / honest / proper / correct
清官难断家务事 清官難斷家務事 qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
烈 liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements syn
腰 yāo the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) syn
碑 bēi a monument / an upright stone tablet / stele / CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4] syn
耿 gěng (literary) bright / brilliant / honest / upright syn
戳 chuō to jab / to poke / to stab / (coll.) to sprain / to blunt / to fuck (vulgar) / to stand / to stand (sth) upright / stamp / seal syn
矗 chù lofty / upright syn
伉 kàng spouse / big and tall / strong / robust / upright and outspoken syn
不愧不怍 bù kuì bù zuò no shame, no subterfuge (idiom) / just and honorable / upright and above board
清风两袖 清風兩袖 qīng fēng liǎng xiù honest and upright (idiom) syn
行不由径 行不由徑 xíng bù yóu jìng lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom) / fig. upright and honest
高风峻节 高風峻節 gāo fēng jùn jié a high-class upright character (idiom)
危言危行 wēi yán wēi xíng upright and plainspoken (idiom)
顜 jiǎng honest / upright
婞 xìng upright
扊 yǎn upright bar for fastening a door
正锋 正鋒 zhèng fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1feng1])
亢直 kàng zhí upright and unyielding (literary)
作风正派 作風正派 zuò fēng zhèng pài to be honest and upright / to have moral integrity
劲直 勁直 jìng zhí strong and upright
廉直 lián zhí upright and honest / incorruptible / squeaky clean
清正廉明 qīng zhèng lián míng upright and honest
石柱 shí zhù stela / upright stone / obelisk
端然 duān rán upright / finally / unexpectedly
耿介 gěng jiè upright and outstanding
脚正不怕鞋歪 腳正不怕鞋歪 jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe / an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)
质直 質直 zhì zhí upright / straightforward
身子骨 shēn zi gǔ posture / upright posture
雅正 yǎ zhèng correct (literary) / upright / (hon.) Please point out my shortcomings. / I await your esteemed corrections. syn
巧人 qiǎo rén Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid (Tw)
直立式冷冻机 直立式冷凍機 upright freezer
长揖 長揖 cháng yī to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)
人是铁饭是钢 人是鐵飯是鋼 rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom) / an empty sack cannot stand upright
正人 zhèng rén upstanding person / upright person
廉正 lián zhèng upright and honest / integrity syn
㧐 㩳 sǒng (literary) to stand upright / (dialect) to push / to shove
挺直 tǐng zhí upright / erect / to straighten up (one's back etc) / to hold erect syn
人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people") syn
民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people / all the people / everyman
人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law) / people's tribunal syn
世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn
两会 兩會 liǎng huì National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
大多数人 大多數人 dà duō shù rén most people / the majority of people
民生 mín shēng people's livelihood / people's welfare
有心人 yǒu xīn rén resolute person / person with aspirations / people who feel / people who use their heads syn
口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn
深入人心 shēn rù rén xīn to enter deeply into people's hearts / to have a real impact on the people (idiom)
民情 mín qíng circumstances of the people / popular sentiment / the mood of the people / popular customs syn
食人 shí rén man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people
普通老百姓 pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng common people / average people / hoi polloi
亲民 親民 qīn mín in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs
良民 liáng mín good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) syn
万众一心 萬眾一心 wàn zhòng yī xīn millions of people all of one mind (idiom) / the people united syn
掩人耳目 yǎn rén ěr mù to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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