直立 (zhí lì) — to stand upright, to stand erect

Definition

Examples

• 请保持身体直立。
  Qǐng bǎo chí shēn tǐ zhí lì.
  Please keep your body upright.
• 这根柱子已经直立了五十年。
  Zhè gēn zhù zi yǐ jīng zhí lì le wǔ shí nián.
  This pillar has stood upright for fifty years.
• 人类可以直立行走。
  Rén lèi kě yǐ zhí lì xíng zǒu.
  Humans can walk upright.