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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

正是 [zhènɡshì]
  1. 1. verb To be just right; exactly
    正是我需要的那本书。
    This is exactly the book I need.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

正是 [zhènɡshì]
  1. 1. 恰好是
    正是我要找的人。

Examples

这种新工具正是技术革新运动的产儿。
This new kind of implement is a product of the technical innovation drive.
那时候正是国难当头,爱国青年都纷纷到抗敌前线去。
The country was in imminent danger, and large numbers of patriotic young people left for the front to fight the enemy.
你回来得正是节骨眼上!
You've come back in the nick of time!
那时正是冬天。
It was wintertime then.
现在正是鸽子配对的好时候。
It's high time to pair (or mate) the doves.
说的正是你。
It's you we are talking about.
所考虑的正是这一点。
That's just what we have under consideration.
现在正是农忙季节,村里一个闲人也没有。
It's the busy season for farmers and nobody in the village is idle.
眼下正是秋收大忙季节。
We're right in the middle of the autumn harvest rush.
现在正是用人的时候。
Now's the time when we are in need of personnel.

Word Decomposition


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