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really; truly; indeed / real; true; genuine / (math.) proper
HSK 1
truth / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
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
true; real
HSK 3
conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart
HSK 1
to fax / a fax / (literary) to portray vividly in painting
HSK 5
(idiom) half true and half false
HSK 7-9
sincere; genuine; true
HSK 5
the truth about sth; the actual facts
HSK 5
lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
eumetazoa / subkingdom of animals excluding sponges
serious; meticulous; nitpicky / to take sth (or sb) seriously
lifelike / true to life / distinctly / clearly
HSK 7-9
fungicidal / to have a fungicidal effect
pure of heart
to take seriously / serious / No joking, really!
HSK 7-9
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
Corbicula leana, a species of clam
the real meaning / the true essence
(anatomy) dermis / genuine leather
to get serious about sth / to pull no punches / to be determined to see sth through
genuine or fake / true or false
HSK 7-9
the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)
to take sth to be true
indeed; truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
wholeheartedness; sincerity
HSK 7-9
to emulate / to simulate / emulation / simulation
true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
out of genuine friendship (idiom) / sincere feelings
portrait / to describe sth accurately
genuine people and true events
the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy
truth, goodness and beauty
fungicide
true or bogus / authenticity
reliable evidence (idiom); conclusive proof / definitive evidence
mosque
HSK 7-9
fungi / fungus
(idiom) genuine; sincere; wholehearted
real situation / the truth
HSK 7-9
natural; authentic
childishness / naivete
innocent and unaffected / pure and unadulterated
(TV) reality show
silk / pure silk
to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises
to set the record straight / to clarify the facts
(physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
HSK 7-9
really / as expected / sure enough / if indeed... / if it's really...
HSK 7-9
lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom) / fig. can't see the forest for the trees
Allah
eukaryotic
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
sincere / sincerity
HSK 7-9
Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
HSK 7-9
authentic
(idiom) innocent and unaffected
Islamic / Muslim / halal (of food) / clean / pure
vacuum tube
low fidelity / lo-fi
fidelity
to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion
frank and sincere / candid
lit. real swords and spears (idiom) / fig. very much for real; genuine
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
fax machine
absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view
true identity / true colors
real-life version (of some imaginary character)
True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
fiction comes true / play-acting that turns into reality
what is true and what is fake
lit. genuine goods at fair prices (idiom) / fig. genuine; real; true
to pass off as genuine / spurious
the true way
porgy (Pagrosomus major) / red sea bream
true love
super! / really great / wonderful
can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake / not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)
penetrating insight
to seem almost genuine / easily mistaken for the real thing
real face fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014)
(slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head
(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
real version (as opposed to pirated); genuine version
(slang) really cool, awesome
Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
(idiom) sincere; heartfelt
the truth / reality
you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation)

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