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conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart
HSK 1
really; truly; indeed / real; true; genuine / (math.) proper
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *真* | 真* | *真
really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine
HSK 1
genuine; real; true / really; indeed
HSK 2
true; real
HSK 3
naive / innocent / artless
HSK 4
truth / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
the truth about sth; the actual facts
HSK 5
sincere; genuine; true
HSK 5
to fax / a fax / (literary) to portray vividly in painting
HSK 5
to take seriously / serious / No joking, really!
HSK 7-9
(physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
HSK 7-9
lifelike / true to life / distinctly / clearly
HSK 7-9
wholeheartedness; sincerity
HSK 7-9
really / as expected / sure enough / if indeed... / if it's really...
HSK 7-9
genuine or fake / true or false
HSK 7-9
real situation / the truth
HSK 7-9
mosque
HSK 7-9
sincere / sincerity
HSK 7-9
(idiom) half true and half false
HSK 7-9
to tell the truth / honestly / in fact
HSK 7-9
Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
HSK 7-9
to set the record straight / to clarify the facts
authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist)
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
true or bogus / authenticity
fax machine
vivid / distinct / clear / sincere / honest
true identity / true colors
(idiom) genuine; sincere; wholehearted
hard to distinguish real from imitation
vacuum pump
you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation)
fidelity
absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view
portrait / to describe sth accurately
to die (Buddhism) / to return to Allah (Islam)
odd / unusual / I can't believe that ...
really / in fact / genuinely / scrupulously
Islamic / Muslim / halal (of food) / clean / pure
erhua variant of 較真|较真
photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model
Pravda (newspaper)
Tathata
sutra / Taoist treatise
Shingon Buddhism
authenticity / truthfulness / veracity / reality / validity
vacuum tube
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
the real meaning / the true essence
indeed; truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
true negative (TN)
innocent and unaffected / pure and unadulterated
Allah
the feeling that sth is genuine / sense of reality / in the flesh
genuine people and true events
authentic
penetrating insight
(idiom) innocent and unaffected
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
lit. real swords and spears (idiom) / fig. very much for real; genuine
a real person / Daoist spiritual master
out of genuine friendship (idiom) / sincere feelings
frank and sincere / candid
to pass off as genuine / spurious
after wine, spit out the truth / in vino veritas
reliable evidence (idiom); conclusive proof / definitive evidence
the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)
True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
(dialect) really; truly; indeed
true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
to take sth to be true
authentic tradition / handed-down teachings or techniques
the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy
to return to one's true self / to regain the natural state
proper fraction (with numerator < denominator, e.g. five sevenths) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数 and mixed number 帶分數|带分数
to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion
truth table
to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text) / true commentary / correct exegesis
the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
lit. genuine goods at fair prices (idiom) / fig. genuine; real; true
Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金 and Qing Dynasty
the truth / reality
Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County, in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市, Guizhou
fungi / fungus
fungicide
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)
real knowledge
portrait / true features; (fig.) true nature
real / the nature of sth
sincere / genuine / straightforward
true / real
essence
real intention / true meaning / correct interpretation
high fidelity / hi-fi
to emulate / to simulate / emulation / simulation
childishness / naivete

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