正轨

正軌

zhèngguǐ

noun #8,460

Meanings

HSK 3

生活正在慢慢回到正轨。

Shēnghuó zhèngzài mànmàn huídào zhèngguǐ.

Life is slowly getting back on track.

HSK 5

公司的业务终于走上了正轨。

Gōngsī de yèwù zhōngyú zǒushàng le zhèngguǐ.

The company's business finally got on the right track.

HSK 7-9

他的学习已经步入正轨。

Tā de xuéxí yǐjīng bùrù zhèngguǐ.

His studies have gotten onto the right track.

grammar

正轨 is almost always used with motion verbs: 走上正轨 (get on track), 回到正轨 (get back on track), 步入正轨 (step onto the right path). It rarely appears alone.

memory

Picture a train on the 正 (correct) 轨 (rail track) - staying on the right track means things are going as they should.

正 zhèng

轨 guǐ