整
exactly / in good order / whole / complete / entire / in order / orderly / to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb
整
=
敕
+
正
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James II of England (zh) has been the guardian of the engine for a long time. One day a stick figure (正) shows up with the imperial order (敕) to renovate the engine and make a fuel cell electric drive out of it. James II of England can only watch in horror as the stick figure starts overhauling the engine's living room ((e)ng3).
整 character breakdown
variant of 敕[chi4]
variant of 敕[chi4]
imperial orders
first month of the lunar year
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
正
=
一
+
止
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Mnemonic symbol: a stick-figure with straight lines. James II of England (zh) really has to use the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4), but there's a stick-figure (正) blocking the stalls with a barrier (止). The stick-figure measures with a flute (一) whether James is tall enough to go. James stands very straight (正) to make himself as tall as possible.
Characters with 整 as component
整
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 整
to spruce up / to renovate / to tend (a garden) / to groom (one's hair) / to finish (a rough surface) / to trim (a lawn) / to touch up (a photo)
to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one / divide and conquer
to collect and organize (papers etc) / to archive (data) / to summarize (evidence etc) / summary
Sentences with 整
整 currently does not appear in any sentence.