正轨

正軌

zhèngguǐ

noun #8,460

Meanings

Gōngsī de yèwù zhōngyú zǒushàng le zhèngguǐ.

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

Shēnghuó zhèngzài mànmàn huídào zhèngguǐ.

Life is slowly getting back on track.

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