一本正经 — Semantide dictionary

Entry

一yī本běn正zhèng经jīng

(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
trad. 一本正經

Also written 一本正經【yī běn zhèng jīng】

Characters in this word

4

一

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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Pinyin: yī

Strokes: 1
Frequency: 158 of 2500

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本

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(bound form) root; stem, (bound form) origin; source, (bound form) one's own; this, (bound form) this; the current (year etc), (bound form) original, (bound form) inherent, originally; initially, capital; principal, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Pinyin: běn

Strokes: 5
Frequency: 799 of 2500

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正

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first month of the lunar year

Pinyin: zhēng

Strokes: 5
Frequency: 588 of 2500

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经

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surname Jing

Pinyin: Jīng
Traditional: 經

Strokes: 8
Frequency: 6639 of 2500

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