一本正经 yīběnzhèngjīng deadly serious Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 一本正经 一本正經 yīběnzhèngjīng deadly serious (idiom) extremely serious and earnest; deadpan. Sometimes used to describe someone who is overly formal or acting with mock-seriousness. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.980 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.95 per million Cross-References Antonym 嘻皮笑脸 xīpíxiàoliǎn油嘴滑舌 yóuzuǐhuáshé油腔滑调 yóuqiānghuádiào油头滑脑 yóutóuhuánǎoSynonym 不苟言笑 bùgǒuyánxiào道貌岸然 dàomào'ànrán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
一本正经 一本正經 yīběnzhèngjīng deadly serious (idiom) extremely serious and earnest; deadpan. Sometimes used to describe someone who is overly formal or acting with mock-seriousness. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.980 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 1.95 per million Cross-References Antonym 嘻皮笑脸 xīpíxiàoliǎn油嘴滑舌 yóuzuǐhuáshé油腔滑调 yóuqiānghuádiào油头滑脑 yóutóuhuánǎoSynonym 不苟言笑 bùgǒuyánxiào道貌岸然 dàomào'ànrán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
