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一本正经
yī běn zhèng jīng
What 一本正经 means
- idiomin deadly earnest; deadpan
The characters in 一本正经
- 一yīone; single; a (article)
- 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
- 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
- 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
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