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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
wholeheartedness; sincerity
HSK 7-9
genuine or fake / true or false
HSK 7-9
real situation / the truth
HSK 7-9
sincere / sincerity
HSK 7-9
Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) genuine; sincere; wholehearted
hard to distinguish real from imitation
vacuum pump
true or bogus / authenticity
odd / unusual / I can't believe that ...
really / in fact / genuinely / scrupulously
Pravda (newspaper)
Tathata
true identity / true colors
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)
the True God
Allah
the feeling that sth is genuine / sense of reality / in the flesh
genuine people and true events
authentic
penetrating insight
authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist)
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
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)
authentic tradition / handed-down teachings or techniques
the real body (of Buddha or a God) / true effigy
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
vivid / distinct / clear / sincere / honest
truth table
to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text) / true commentary / correct exegesis
the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear
the truth / reality
fungi / fungus
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
true explanation / genuine reason
true love
variant of 珍珠
truth, goodness and beauty
porgy (Pagrosomus major) / red sea bream
awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014)
the true way
real-life version (of some imaginary character)
(TV) reality show
silk / pure silk
dermis
questions from previous years' exams
to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc) / ordained by heaven
clear
(slang) really cool, awesome
Hezbollah (Lebanon Islamic group)
reality / veracity / the real thing
culprit
proper subset
true color
eumetazoa / subkingdom of animals excluding sponges
The Moment of Truth (TV show) / Truth or Dare (game)
solid learning / real ability and learning / genuine talent
logarithm
You're really quite something! / You're just amazing!
eukaryotic
(coll.) serious; real; true
super! / really great / wonderful
Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
real version (as opposed to pirated); genuine version
Ministry of Truth, a fictional ministry from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
Zhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
(anatomy) dermis / genuine leather
real face fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
(Mohammad Ali) Jinnah (founder of Pakistan)
natural voice; modal voice (cf. 假聲|假声, falsetto)
(music) the highest note one can sing in a natural (non-falsetto) voice
true affirmative (TA)

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