扶正压邪

to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)

to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help

to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status

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

to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure

see 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]

old variant of 邪[xie2]

demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal