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正儿八经

zhèng ér bā jīng

4-character word Traditional 正兒八經

What 正儿八经 means

1. serious
2. earnest
3. real
4. true

The characters in 正儿八经

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 儿érchild; son
• 八bāeight
• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture

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