正视
zhèngshì
to face up to; to look squarely at
Characters in this word
视 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 只有正视城乡教育差距，改革方案才可能真正触及问题核心。 Zhǐyǒu zhèngshì chéngxiāng jiàoyù chājù, gǎigé fāngàn cái kěnéng zhēnzhèng chùjí wèntí héxīn. Only by facing up to the urban-rural education gap can reform plans truly address the core of the problem.
- 企业必须正视自身的不足，才能在竞争中生存下来。 Qǐyè bìxū zhèngshì zìshēn de bùzú, cáinéng zài jìngzhēng zhōng shēngcún xiàlái. A company must face its own shortcomings in order to survive the competition.
- 他终于正视了自己的错误，真诚地向大家道歉。 Tā zhōngyú zhèngshìle zìjǐ de cuòwù, zhēnchéng de xiàng dàjiā dàoqiàn. He finally faced up to his mistake and sincerely apologized to everyone.
Related words
- 正 zhèng just, right; exactly
- 正在 zhèngzài in the middle of (doing), -ing
- 真正 zhēnzhèng real; true
- 正常 zhèngcháng normal
- 正好 zhènghǎo just right; just in time
- 正确 zhèngquè correct; right
- 正是 zhèngshì exactly; just
- 反正 fǎnzhèng anyway
- 正 zhèng straight; right
- 正式 zhèngshì official; formal
- 改正 gǎizhèng to correct
- 公正 gōngzhèng fair