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正襟危坐

zhèng jīn wēi zuò

4-character word

What 正襟危坐 means

1. to sit upright and still (idiom)

The characters in 正襟危坐

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 襟jīnlapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
• 危wēidanger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)

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