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really; truly; indeed / real; true; genuine / (math.) proper
HSK 1
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  *真* | 真* | *真
really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine
HSK 1
genuine; real; true / really; indeed
HSK 2
true; real
HSK 3
truth / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
the truth about sth; the actual facts
HSK 5
sincere; genuine; true
HSK 5
(physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
HSK 7-9
genuine or fake / true or false
HSK 7-9
wholeheartedness; sincerity
HSK 7-9
real situation / the truth
HSK 7-9
sincere / sincerity
HSK 7-9
Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
HSK 7-9
true love
questions from previous years' exams
vacuum pump
real / the nature of sth
a real person / Daoist spiritual master
porgy (Pagrosomus major) / red sea bream
true / real
portrait / true features; (fig.) true nature
true identity / true colors
indeed; truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
penetrating insight
real knowledge
sutra / Taoist treatise
silk / pure silk
vivid / distinct / clear / sincere / honest
the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy
true statement / incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
true or bogus / authenticity
culprit
(anatomy) dermis / genuine leather
authentic tradition / handed-down teachings or techniques
the real meaning / the true essence
Allah
Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
fungi / fungus
real intention / true meaning / correct interpretation
(dialect) really; truly; indeed
Tathata
the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear
really / in fact / genuinely / scrupulously
lit. real swords and spears (idiom) / fig. very much for real; genuine
True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
reliable evidence (idiom); conclusive proof / definitive evidence
out of genuine friendship (idiom) / sincere feelings
reality / veracity / the real thing
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)
essence
clear
awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014)
super! / really great / wonderful
(TV) reality show
the true way
eukaryotic
variant of 珍珠
truth, goodness and beauty
hard to distinguish real from imitation
logarithm
You're really quite something! / You're just amazing!
authenticity / truthfulness / veracity / reality / validity
(slang) really cool, awesome
vacuum tube
the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)
Shingon Buddhism
The Moment of Truth (TV show) / Truth or Dare (game)
(variant of 真相) the truth about sth; the actual facts
solid learning / real ability and learning / genuine talent
the feeling that sth is genuine / sense of reality / in the flesh
natural voice; modal voice (cf. 假聲|假声, falsetto)
(Mohammad Ali) Jinnah (founder of Pakistan)
Hezbollah (Lebanon Islamic group)
to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text) / true commentary / correct exegesis
Ministry of Truth, a fictional ministry from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
the truth / reality
true color
odd / unusual / I can't believe that ...
proper subset
real version (as opposed to pirated); genuine version
truth table
Zhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
real face fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
true explanation / genuine reason
real-life version (of some imaginary character)
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
eumetazoa / subkingdom of animals excluding sponges
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)
genuine people and true events
true negative (TN)
to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc) / ordained by heaven
(idiom) genuine; sincere; wholehearted
(coll.) serious; real; true
sincere / genuine / straightforward
Pravda (newspaper)
dermis
authentic
the True God

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