正襟危坐

Every meaning

Its characters

• 正zhèngstraight; upright
• 襟jīnfront of a garment; lapel (as in 衣襟)
• 危wēidanger; dangerous (as in 危险)
• 坐zuòto sit

Words with 正

• 正在zhèngzàiin the middle of (doing)
• 正常zhèngchángnormal
• 正好zhènghǎojust right
• 正确zhèngquècorrect
• 正式zhèngshìformal
• 真正zhēnzhèngreal
• 反正fǎnzhènganyway
• 改正gǎizhèngto correct

Words with 襟

• 捉襟见肘zhuōjīn-jiànzhǒutoo poor to make ends meet