正儿八经 in English zheng4 er2 ba1 jing1 Meaning

Meanings

  • serious
  • earnest
  • real
  • true

Simplified Characters

正 儿 八 经

Traditional Characters

正 兒 八 經

Pinyin

zheng4 er2 ba1 jing1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

正zheng4first month of the lunar year 儿er2variant of 人[ren2] 八ba1eight 经jing1surname Jing