"...right?" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
 chún shǔ to be purely / pure and simple / sheer / outright
 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value
 zhí lì erect / upright / vertical
 lín xún bony (of people) / craggy / rugged (of terrain) / upright (of people)
 gāng zhèng honest / upright
 liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements
 gěng bright / honest / upright
 chù lofty / upright
 jiǎng honest / upright
 yǎ zhèng correct (literary) / upright / (hon.) Please point out my shortcomings. / I await your esteemed corrections.
 nà gè rén lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams
 gāo dī height / altitude (aviation) / pitch (music) / ups and downs (success or failure) / whether sth is right or wrong / comparative strength, weight, depth, stature / (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever / eventually, in the end
使 xíng shǐ to exercise (a right etc)
 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial)
 wú quán to have no right / to have no authority
 huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right / deservedly / ought / should
 liáng zhī innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend
 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official)
 jiàn yì yǒng wéi to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects) / to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause
 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
 jǐn kào to be right next to / to lean closely against
 líng jī yī dòng a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom) / to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
 jǐn lín to be right next to / close neighbor
 wěi àn imposing / upright and tall / outstanding / gigantic in stature
 zhāo qì péng bó full of youthful energy (idiom) / vigorous / energetic / a bright spark
 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square
 guǎn bu zháo to have no right or ability to interfere in sth / it's none of your business!
 fú shū to concede / to admit defeat / to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right
 zhí xíng to go straight / straight forward / fig. to do right
 cāng jìn bold / upright and strong / vigorous / forceful (brush strokes) / sureness of touch
 jù lǐ lì zhēng to contend on strong grounds / to argue strongly for what is right
 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
 shēn xuě to right a wrong / to redress an injustice
 cái quán property ownership or right / financial power / financial control
 shēn yuān to right wrongs / to redress an injustice
 tiān shí dì lì rén hé the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom) / a good time to go to war
 gè xíng qí shì each one does what he thinks is right (idiom) / each goes his own way
 yòu duì qí to right justify (typography)
 ba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume.
 xǐ yuān lit. to wash out a grievance / fig. to right a wrong / to redress an injustice
 kàng spouse / big and tall / strong / robust / upright and outspoken
 bù kuì bù zuò no shame, no subterfuge (idiom) / just and honorable / upright and above board
 qiān lu:4 yī dé a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.) / Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
 zhēng cháng lùn duǎn lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom) / to quibble / a storm in a teacup
 liáng zhī liáng néng instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom) / untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
 shí zhù stela / upright stone / obelisk
 Aò ěr bù lài tè Madeleine Albright (1937-), former US Secretary of State
 liàng cǎi a bright color / sparkle / shine / glitter
 wú see 逢俉[feng2 wu2], to come across sth scary / to have a fright
 shēn lǐ to right a wrong / to seek justice
 shēn zi gǔ posture / upright posture
 féng wú to come across sth scary / to have a fright
  World Federation of Right To Die Societies
  outright transfer
  outright grant
 yě yǒu jīn tiān (coll.) to get one's just deserts / to serve sb right / to get one's share of (good or bad things) / every dog has its day
 gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ both sides claim they're right (idiom)
 zhèng rén upstanding person / upright person
西 dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom) / if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else
 zhēng qǔ shí xiào to strive to get sth done while the timing is right
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