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郑人买履 zhèng rén mǎi lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea
郑声 Zhèng shēng folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] / lascivious, decadent music
Zhèng Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1 zheng4], a county-level city in Henan / abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], the capital of Henan / surname Zheng
zhèng used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4 zhong4]


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