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HSK
laboratory / CL: 間|间
HSK 3
really / actually / indeed / true / real / honest / dependable / (philosophy) reality
HSK 2
to practice / field work / to intern / internship
HSK 2
in fact / in reality / as a matter of fact / in practice
HSK 3
to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
HSK 2
to implement / to carry out
HSK 4
experiment / test / CL: 個|个, / experimental / to experiment
HSK 3
reality / practice / practical / realistic / real / actual
HSK 2
strength
HSK 3
to implement / to carry out / to put into practice
HSK 3
to apply in practice / practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)
HSK 4
tangible benefit / material advantages / cheap / economical / advantageous (deal) / substantial (discount)
HSK 5
practical value
entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it)
HSK 7-9
material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics)
HSK 7-9
real combat / actual combat
real-valued (math.) / taking real numbers as values (of a function)
substance / essence
HSK 7-9
industry / commercial enterprise
actual circumstances / the real situation / reality
truth
HSK 7-9
to be reimbursed for actual expenses
really not easy (idiom)
lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic
HSK 7-9
(coll.) rock-solid; no-nonsense; undeniably genuine (esp. of skills, effort, performance or service)
practice / to put into practice / to live up to (a promise) / to carry out (a project)
HSK 6
virtually / essentially
pragmatism
meritocracy
real-name (registration etc) / non-anonymous
actual example / living example / illustration / demonstration / (computing) instance
live photo; motion photo (a still photo with a few seconds of video captured before and after the photo is taken)
sb who gets things done / doer
(computing) actual parameter; argument (abbr. for 實際參數|实际参数)
(corporations law) actual controller
real-valued (math.) / taking real numbers as values (of a function)
intern (student)
actual effect / practical result / efficacy
live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation
HSK 7-9
actual proof / concrete evidence / empirical
(linguistics) content word
(to) really (be)
to work industriously / to get things done
utilitarianism
fact / actual thing / practical matter
practice (customary action, as opposed to theory) / practical
on-site
HSK 7-9
to tell the truth / to tell it as it is
HSK 7-9
candid photograph / genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
industrialist
system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc)
sincere / honest
experimental group; treatment group
(in) real time / instantaneous
real power; genuine power
(of an item of clothing) practical
(neologism c. 2014) (slang) solid proof / irrefutable evidence
practical application
advantage / gain / net profit
sincere / solid
to actually do (sth) (as opposed to learning how to do it from books etc) / practice (as opposed to theory) (abbr. for 實際操作|实际操作)
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
the actual situation; the truth
real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation)
actually paid / net (payment)
actual situation / the ultimate essence of things (Buddhism)
(computing) actual parameter; argument
sincere / real meaning
paid-in capital / contributed capital (finance)
to take measurements / measured (speed etc); observed (as opposed to "estimated") / observational (astronomy)
fame follows merit (idiom)
live ammunition
factual evidence
one's age (calculated as years from birth) / contrasted with 虛歲|虚岁
solid line / continuous line
physical book
substantive / substantial / material / considerable
truth to tell / to be quite honest...
to broadcast live from the scene / live relay
(patent) implementation; embodiment
(corporations law) actual controller
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  *实* | 实* | *实
real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely
net receipts / real income
positivism / empiricism
onsite visit
live vlogger / live-streamer
brick and mortar business / physical (rather than online) retail store
real analysis / calculus of real variables
full / complete / all of
actually / in fact
live recording
experimental psychology
paid-up capital
Line of Actual Control (LAC), separating Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory
(publishing industry) revenue generated from the sale of books in an edition
object lesson
paid-in capital / contributed capital (finance)
laboratory infection
real number (math.) / actual value
full arm (method of painting)

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