| | to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion) | HSK 1 |
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| | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true | HSK 2 |
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| | really / actually / indeed / true / real / honest / dependable / (philosophy) reality | HSK 2 |
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| | indeed / really / reliable / real / true | HSK 3 |
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| | true; real | HSK 3 |
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| | really; truly; indeed / real; true; genuine / (math.) proper | HSK 1 |
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| | genuine; real; true / really; indeed | HSK 2 |
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| | really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine | HSK 1 |
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| | to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc | HSK 7-9 |
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| | true nature; original state / true to one's nature; genuine and unpretentious | |
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| | (idiom) half true and half false | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with | HSK 5 |
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| | admittedly (it's true that...) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best! | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sincere; genuine; true | HSK 5 |
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| | true explanation / genuine reason | |
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| | (botany) true leaf | |
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| | lifelike / true to life / distinctly / clearly | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away | |
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| | daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here | |
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| | to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success | |
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| | inherent qualities / natural qualities / distinctive character / true qualities | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to take sth to be true | |
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| | authenticated / solid / firm / real / true | |
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| | quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin | HSK 7-9 |
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| | genuine or fake / true or false | HSK 7-9 |
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| | an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the woods; the true recluse chooses the city (idiom) | |
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| | a dream come true | |
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| | to confirm (sth to be true) / to verify | HSK 5 |
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| | to imitate to perfection / to be remarkably true to life | |
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| | what is true and what is false / (to get to know) the real situation | |
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| | true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼) | |
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| | to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere | |
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| | to turn out to be true / verified / true | |
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| | realism / realistic portrayal / realistic / true to life | |
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| | loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true | |
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| | lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison | |
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| | True gold fears no fire. (idiom) | |
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| | to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy) | |
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| | living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life / vivid and realistic | |
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| | genuine people and true events | |
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| | trustworthy / reliable / to believe something to be true | |
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| | the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy | |
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| | true or bogus / authenticity | |
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| | the real meaning / the true essence | |
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| | sweetheart / one's true love / the person of one's thoughts | |
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| | rust-resistant iron (an informal term for certain nickel-free stainless steels, usually of lower quality and less corrosion-resistant than true stainless steel such as 304 or 316) | |
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| | vivid and lifelike (idiom); true to life / realistic | |
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| | The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅 | |
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| | (coll.) to be a true friend | |
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| | true or false? / correct or incorrect / to correct errors (in a document) | |
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| | (after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true | |
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| | to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises | |
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| | a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart | |
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| | living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life / vivid and realistic | |
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| | fiction comes true / play-acting that turns into reality | |
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| | to keep close to the edge / near the mark / close to (the true figure) / relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant) | |
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| | equally true for (all the rest) / the same thing applies (for everyone) | |
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| | vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life / lively and realistic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity | |
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| | lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom) / fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis | |
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| | to imitate to perfection / to be remarkably true to life | |
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| | that is true | |
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| | just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb) | |
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| | to introspect / to examine oneself / (Buddhism) vipassana meditation (seeking insight into the true nature of reality) | |
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| | absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view | |
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| | pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true | |
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| | true love | |
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| | affectionate and true / loyal (idiom) | |
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| | an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the wild; the true recluse chooses the city (idiom) | |
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| | to return to one's true self / to regain the natural state | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | one's true nature (Buddhism) | |
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| | (coll.) leading light / true expert / badass | |
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| | Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella "The True Story of Ah Q" 阿Q 正傳|阿Q 正传 ("Q" here is typically pronounced as [kiu1] or [qiu1]) | |
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| | original shape / true appearance (under the disguise) / true character | |
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| | (idiom) true colors; true features; original appearance | |
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| | true love | |
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| | true identity / true colors | |
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| | what is true and what is fake | |
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| | Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979 | |
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| | true feelings | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | lit. genuine goods at fair prices (idiom) / fig. genuine; real; true | |
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| | lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison | |
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| | lit. true religion / orthodox religion / orthodox Christianity / Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians) | |
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| | the true way | |
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| | real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely | |
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| | main subject of long novel / true biography | |
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| | the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends | |
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| | to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text) / true commentary / correct exegesis | |
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| | one's true heart | |
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| | urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都會傳奇|都会传奇 | |
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| | untrustworthy; not true to one's word | |
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| | (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true | |
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| | one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom) | |
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| | (Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) | |
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| | to become visible / to appear / to manifest one's true nature | |
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| | (confirm to be) true / authentic | |
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