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Put right in Chinese

to put right · HSK 6

纠正 jiū zhèng

  1. 纠 jiū to correct
  2. 正 zhèng straight

老师纠正了我的发音。 The teacher corrected my pronunciation.

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Put right in Chinese is 纠正 (jiū zhèng).

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