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HSK
true; real
HSK 3
really; truly; indeed / real; true; genuine / (math.) proper
HSK 1
truth / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart
HSK 1
genuine; real; true / really; indeed
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *真* | 真* | *真
really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine
HSK 1
naive / innocent / artless
HSK 4
(idiom) half true and half false
HSK 7-9
to fax / a fax / (literary) to portray vividly in painting
HSK 5
the truth about sth; the actual facts
HSK 5
sincere; genuine; true
HSK 5
true explanation / genuine reason
lifelike / true to life / distinctly / clearly
HSK 7-9
Khmer kingdom of Kampuchea or Cambodia / Chinese term for Cambodia from 7th to 15th century
to take seriously / serious / No joking, really!
HSK 7-9
to take sth to be true
(anatomy) dermis / genuine leather
fax machine
genuine or fake / true or false
HSK 7-9
the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)
sincere / sincerity
HSK 7-9
indeed; truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
a dream come true
(idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing
wholeheartedness; sincerity
HSK 7-9
innocent and unaffected / pure and unadulterated
authentic tradition / handed-down teachings or techniques
to emulate / to simulate / emulation / simulation
true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
to tell the truth / honestly / in fact
HSK 7-9
True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
genuine people and true events
the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy
true or bogus / authenticity
truth, goodness and beauty
photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model
out of genuine friendship (idiom) / sincere feelings
the real meaning / the true essence
mosque
HSK 7-9
lit. real swords and spears (idiom) / fig. very much for real; genuine
fungi / fungus
real situation / the truth
HSK 7-9
silk / pure silk
childishness / naivete
(TV) reality show
to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises
to get serious about sth / to pull no punches / to be determined to see sth through
fiction comes true / play-acting that turns into reality
(physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
HSK 7-9
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
dermis
really / as expected / sure enough / if indeed... / if it's really...
HSK 7-9
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
Allah
eukaryotic
questions from previous years' exams
absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view
the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear
a real person / Daoist spiritual master
pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
vivid / distinct / clear / sincere / honest
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
HSK 7-9
Islamic / Muslim / halal (of food) / clean / pure
vacuum tube
to return to one's true self / to regain the natural state
low fidelity / lo-fi
fidelity
to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion
true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom) / you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together / you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties
frank and sincere / candid
You're really quite something! / You're just amazing!
Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金 and Qing Dynasty
Peng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader
true love
logarithm
authentic
true identity / true colors
(idiom) innocent and unaffected
real-life version (of some imaginary character)
(dialect) really; truly; indeed
what is true and what is fake
natural voice; modal voice (cf. 假聲|假声, falsetto)
to see how sb or sth performs when it comes to the crunch; to find out what sb is really made of; to witness true ability or worth revealed under pressure
lit. genuine goods at fair prices (idiom) / fig. genuine; real; true
emulation server
hard to distinguish real from imitation
culprit
authenticity / truthfulness / veracity / reality / validity
(Mohammad Ali) Jinnah (founder of Pakistan)
the true way
super! / really great / wonderful
to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text) / true commentary / correct exegesis
serious; meticulous; nitpicky / to take sth (or sb) seriously
Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
the feeling that sth is genuine / sense of reality / in the flesh
awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014)
Exegesis of the Right Religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱輿|王岱舆, a study of Islam published during the Ming dynasty
real version (as opposed to pirated); genuine version

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