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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
证明 zhèngmíng	证明 \| 证明* \| *证明	proof / certificate / identification / testimonial / CL: 個｜个 / to prove / to testify / to confirm the truth of	證明 HSK 3


破 pò	破 \| 破* \| *破	broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of	HSK 3


真理 zhēnlǐ	真理 \| 真理* \| *真理	truth / CL: 個｜个	HSK 5


真相 zhēnxiàng	真相 \| 真相* \| *真相	the truth about sth; the actual facts	HSK 5


理 lǐ	理 \| 理* \| *理	texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up	HSK 6


说实话 shuōshíhuà	说实话 \| 说实话* \| *说实话	to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly	說實話 HSK 6


觉醒 juéxǐng	觉醒 \| 觉醒* \| *觉醒	to awaken / to come to realize / awakened to the truth / the truth dawns upon one / scales fall from the eyes / to become aware	覺醒 HSK 7-9


隐瞒 yǐnmán	隐瞒 \| 隐瞒* \| *隐瞒	to conceal / to hide (a taboo subject) / to cover up the truth	隱瞞 HSK 7-9


真情 zhēnqíng	真情 \| 真情* \| *真情	real situation / the truth	HSK 7-9


质疑 zhìyí	质疑 \| 质疑* \| *质疑	to call into question / to question (truth or validity)	質疑 HSK 7-9


实事求是 shíshìqiúshì	实事求是 \| 实事求是* \| *实事求是	lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic	實事求是 HSK 7-9


醒悟 xǐngwù	醒悟 \| 醒悟* \| *醒悟	to come to oneself / to come to realize / to come to see the truth / to wake up to reality	HSK 7-9


说真的 shuōzhēnde	说真的 \| 说真的* \| *说真的	to tell the truth / honestly / in fact	說真的 HSK 7-9


说老实话 shuōlǎoshihuà	说老实话 \| 说老实话* \| *说老实话	to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank	說老實話 HSK 7-9


实话实说 shíhuàshíshuō	实话实说 \| 实话实说* \| *实话实说	to tell the truth / to tell it as it is	實話實說 HSK 7-9


实话 shíhuà	实话 \| 实话* \| *实话	truth	實話 HSK 7-9


罗生门 Luóshēngmén	罗生门 \| 罗生门* \| *罗生门	Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie / (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth / unsolvable case	羅生門


求是 qiúshì	求是 \| 求是* \| *求是	to seek the truth


谛 dì	谛 \| 谛* \| *谛	to examine / truth (Buddhism)	諦


明理 mínglǐ	明理 \| 明理* \| *明理	sensible / reasonable / an obvious reason, truth or fact / to understand the reason or reasoning


普贤 Pǔxián	普贤 \| 普贤* \| *普贤	Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth	普賢


大白 dàbái	大白 \| 大白* \| *大白	to be revealed / to come out (of the truth) / chalk (for whitening walls) / (old) wine cup / (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Comics character Baymax, whose Chinese name is 大白)


实情 shíqíng	实情 \| 实情* \| *实情	the actual situation; the truth	實情


公理 gōnglǐ	公理 \| 公理* \| *公理	self-evident truth / (math.) axiom


水落石出 shuǐluò-shíchū	水落石出 \| 水落石出* \| *水落石出	lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light


悟道 wùdào	悟道 \| 悟道* \| *悟道	to comprehend the truth; to become enlightened


颠倒黑白 diāndǎohēibái	颠倒黑白 \| 颠倒黑白* \| *颠倒黑白	lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately / to misrepresent the facts / to invert right and wrong	顛倒黑白


真相大白 zhēnxiàngdàbái	真相大白 \| 真相大白* \| *真相大白	the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear


认账 rènzhàng	认账 \| 认账* \| *认账	to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt	認賬


一手遮天 yīshǒuzhētiān	一手遮天 \| 一手遮天* \| *一手遮天	lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses


遮掩 zhēyǎn	遮掩 \| 遮掩* \| *遮掩	to cover / to mask / to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)


纸包不住火 zhǐbāobùzhùhuǒ	纸包不住火 \| 纸包不住火* \| *纸包不住火	lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out	紙包不住火


以讹传讹 yǐ'échuán'é	以讹传讹 \| 以讹传讹* \| *以讹传讹	to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)	以訛傳訛


文以载道 wényǐzàidào	文以载道 \| 文以载道* \| *文以载道	words of truth / moral expressed in words / written article explaining a moral	文以載道


众口铄金 zhòngkǒushuòjīn	众口铄金 \| 众口铄金* \| *众口铄金	lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong	眾口鑠金


藏头露尾 cángtóulùwěi	藏头露尾 \| 藏头露尾* \| *藏头露尾	to hide the head and show the tail (idiom); to give a partial account / half-truths	藏頭露尾


省悟 xǐngwù	省悟 \| 省悟* \| *省悟	to wake up to reality / to come to oneself / to realize / to see the truth


不刊之论 bùkānzhīlùn	不刊之论 \| 不刊之论* \| *不刊之论	indisputable statement / unalterable truth	不刊之論


舍身求法 shěshēnqiúfǎ	舍身求法 \| 舍身求法* \| *舍身求法	to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)	捨身求法


不易之论 bùyìzhīlùn	不易之论 \| 不易之论* \| *不易之论	perfectly sound proposition / unalterable truth / irrefutable argument	不易之論


积非成是 jīfēichéngshì	积非成是 \| 积非成是* \| *积非成是	a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth	積非成是


醍醐 tíhú	醍醐 \| 醍醐* \| *醍醐	refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character


支吾其词 zhīwúqící	支吾其词 \| 支吾其词* \| *支吾其词	(idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth / evasive	支吾其詞


逆耳 nì'ěr	逆耳 \| 逆耳* \| *逆耳	unpleasant to hear / grates on the ear (of home truths)


目不见睫 mùbùjiànjié	目不见睫 \| 目不见睫* \| *目不见睫	lit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom); fig. unable to see one's own faults / to lack self-awareness / truths too close to home	目不見睫


东掩西遮 dōngyǎnxīzhē	东掩西遮 \| 东掩西遮* \| *东掩西遮	to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)	東掩西遮


天地良心 tiāndìliángxīn	天地良心 \| 天地良心* \| *天地良心	in all honesty / truth to tell


真善美 zhēnshànměi	真善美 \| 真善美* \| *真善美	truth, goodness and beauty


普贤菩萨 Pǔxián Púsà	普贤菩萨 \| 普贤菩萨* \| *普贤菩萨	Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth	普賢菩薩


实践是检验真理的唯一标准 shíjiànshìjiǎnyànzhēnlǐdewéiyībiāozhǔn	实践…标准 \| 实践…标准* \| *实践…标准	Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)	實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準


实不相瞒 shíbùxiāngmán	实不相瞒 \| 实不相瞒* \| *实不相瞒	truth to tell / to be quite honest...	實不相瞞


真心话大冒险 Zhēnxīnhuà Dà Màoxiǎn	真心…冒险 \| 真心…冒险* \| *真心…冒险	The Moment of Truth (TV show) / Truth or Dare (game)	真心話大冒險


真象 zhēnxiàng	真象 \| 真象* \| *真象	(variant of 真相) the truth about sth; the actual facts


甪端 Lùduān	甪端 \| 甪端* \| *甪端	Luduan, mythical Chinese beast able to detect the truth


酒后吐真言 jiǔhòutǔzhēnyán	酒后吐真言 \| 酒后吐真言* \| *酒后吐真言	after wine, spit out the truth / in vino veritas	酒後吐真言


奥姆真理教 Àomǔ Zhēnlǐjiào	奥姆真理教 \| 奥姆真理教* \| *奥姆真理教	Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway	奧姆真理教


四谛 sìdì	四谛 \| 四谛* \| *四谛	the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道｜苦集灭道: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅｜灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道	四諦


四圣谛 sìshèngdì	四圣谛 \| 四圣谛* \| *四圣谛	the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism) / see also 四諦｜四谛 and 苦集滅道｜苦集灭道	四聖諦


真理部 Zhēnlǐbù	真理部 \| 真理部* \| *真理部	Ministry of Truth, a fictional ministry from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four


真际 zhēnjì	真际 \| 真际* \| *真际	the truth / reality	真際


巧诈不如拙诚 qiǎozhàbùrúzhuōchéng	巧诈…拙诚 \| 巧诈…拙诚* \| *巧诈…拙诚	the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy	巧詐不如拙誠


大道理 dàdàoli	大道理 \| 大道理* \| *大道理	major principle / general truth / sermon (reproof) / bombastic talk


真值表 zhēnzhíbiǎo	真值表 \| 真值表* \| *真值表	truth table


真相毕露 zhēnxiàngbìlù	真相毕露 \| 真相毕露* \| *真相毕露	real face fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth	真相畢露


指鹿作马 zhǐlùzuòmǎ	指鹿作马 \| 指鹿作马* \| *指鹿作马	to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth	指鹿作馬


道之所存，师之所存 dàozhīsuǒcún, shīzhīsuǒcún	道之…所存 \| 道之…所存* \| *道之…所存	If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈). / We should learn from one who knows the way.	道之所存，師之所存


原形毕露 yuánxíngbìlù	原形毕露 \| 原形毕露* \| *原形毕露	original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth	原形畢露


吐实 tǔshí	吐实 \| 吐实* \| *吐实	to reveal the truth / to spill the beans	吐實


土木身 tǔmùshēn	土木身 \| 土木身* \| *土木身	one's body as wood and earth / undecorated / unvarnished (truth)


据实以告 jùshíyǐgào	据实以告 \| 据实以告* \| *据实以告	to report according to the facts / to tell the truth / to tell it like it is	據實以告


猛醒 měngxǐng	猛醒 \| 猛醒* \| *猛醒	to realize suddenly / to wake up to the truth / to suddenly awake from sleep


苦集灭道 kǔjímièdào	苦集灭道 \| 苦集灭道* \| *苦集灭道	the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅｜灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 / also called 四諦｜四谛	苦集滅道


逆耳之言 nì'ěrzhīyán	逆耳之言 \| 逆耳之言* \| *逆耳之言	speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths / home truths (that one does not want to hear)


顿悟 dùnwù	顿悟 \| 顿悟* \| *顿悟	a flash of realization / the truth in a flash / a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist)	頓悟

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