Word: 正 (zhèng) straight; upright

These are the example sentences using 正 in the sense straight; upright. Every sentence using 正 is on the word's own page, whichever sense it uses.

Example sentences using 正 in this sense

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不能正己，焉能正人

bùnéng zhèng jǐ, yān néng zhèng rén

if you can't set yourself straight, how can you set others straight
他的帽子没戴正。

Tā de màozi méi dài zhèng.

His hat isn't on straight.
树正不怕月影斜

shù zhèng búpà yuèyǐng xié

if the tree is straight, it doesn't fear a slanting moon shadow
根子不正秧子歪

gēnzi bú zhèng yāngzi wāi

if the root isn't straight, the seedling is crooked
步子迈得正，不怕影子歪

bùzi mài de zhèng, búpà yǐngzi wāi

if your steps are straight, you needn't fear a crooked shadow
立得正，不怕影子歪

lì de zhèng, búpà yǐngzi wāi

if you stand straight, you needn't fear a crooked shadow