正中要害 — Chinese idiom
正中要害
zhèng zhòng yào hài
Meaning
- to hit the nail on the head
Character by character
- 正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just, true
- 中zhòngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),
- 要yàoessential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to de
- 害hàito injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
Idioms sharing a character
- 一本正经 yī běn zhèng jīng
- 以正视听 yǐ zhèng shì tīng
- 偏邪不正 piān xié bù zhèng
- 字正腔圆 zì zhèng qiāng yuán
- 就地正法 jiù dì zhèng fǎ
- 扶正压邪 fú zhèng yā xié
- 舍正从邪 shě zhèng cóng xié
- 改邪归正 gǎi xié guī zhèng
- 正襟危坐 zhèng jīn wēi zuò
- 正言厉色 zhèng yán lì sè
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