1. to get serious about sth2. to pull no punches3. to be determined to see sth through
photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model
real-life version (of some imaginary character)
1. proper fraction (with numerator < denominator, e.g. five sevenths)2. see also: improper fraction 假分数[jiǎ fēn shù] and mixed number 带分数[dài fēn shù]
Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
(coll.) serious; real; true
1. to tell the truth2. honestly3. in fact
Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty
1. fiction comes true2. play-acting that turns into reality
(idiom) half true and half false
pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
hard to distinguish real from imitation
1. can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake2. not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)
1. (lit.) real swords and spears (idiom)2. (fig.) very much for real; genuine
1. reliable evidence (idiom); conclusive proof2. definitive evidence
(idiom) with real guns and live ammunition; (fig.) for real (involving genuine action rather than rehearsal, simulation or theory); (coll.) to have actual sex; to go all the way
real face fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
患难见真情 患難見真情 huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng 1. true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom)2. you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together3. you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties
the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)
真金不怕火炼 真金不怕火煉 zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
不识庐山真面目 不識廬山真面目 bù shí lú shān zhēn miàn mù 1. lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom)2. fig. can't see the forest for the trees
see 道真仡佬族苗族自治县[dào zhēn gē lǎo zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn]
variant of 返璞归真[fǎn pú guī zhēn]
see 返璞归真[fǎn pú guī zhēn]
to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises
real version (as opposed to pirated); genuine version
(slang) really cool, awesome
natural voice; modal voice (cf. 假声[jiǎ shēng], falsetto)
Corbicula leana, a species of clam
1. to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text)2. true commentary3. correct exegesis
questions from previous years' exams
you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation)
1. fungicidal2. to have a fungicidal effect
beech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessulatus)