正儿八经

Traditional form:

正兒八經

Pinyin (reading):

zhèng'érbājīng

Definitions:

• serious
• earnest
• real
• true

Characters:

• 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
• 儿 - son, child
• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 经 - the classics; to experience, to undergo

Traditional characters:

• 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
• 兒 - son, child
• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 經 - the classics; to experience, to undergo