zhèng​shì HSK2

to be exactly

  • created sense approved 正是 · zhèng​shì · to be exactly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    正是

    zhèng​shì

    to be exactly

    to be precisely or exactly; just the one

    正 (literal) → 正 · zhèng · precisely 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 正是 · zhèng​shì · [literary set phrase] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    正是

    zhèng​shì

    [literary set phrase]

    (literary) a set phrase used in traditional opera or fiction to introduce a concluding poem or couplet at the end of a scene or chapter

    正 (literal) → 正 · zhèng · precisely 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense