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
Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)
to see how sb or sth performs when it comes to the crunch; to find out what sb is really made of; to witness true ability or worth revealed under pressure
the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)
what is true and what is fake
1. to seem almost genuine2. easily mistaken for the real thing
政权真空 政權真空 zhèng quán zhēn kōng 1. power vacuum2. political vacuum
正教真诠 正教真詮 zhèng jiào zhēn quán Exegesis of the Right Religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱舆[wáng dài yú], a study of Islam published during the Ming dynasty
1. You're really quite something!2. You're just amazing!
real money; cold, hard cash
false but apparently real
(slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head
还原真相 還原真相 huán yuán zhēn xiàng 1. to set the record straight2. to clarify the facts
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
真后生动物 真後生動物 zhēn hòu shēng dòng wù 1. eumetazoa2. subkingdom of animals excluding sponges
真声最高音 真聲最高音 zhēn shēng zuì gāo yīn (music) the highest note one can sing in a natural (non-falsetto) voice
总谐波失真 總諧波失真 zǒng xié bō shī zhēn (acoustics) total harmonic distortion (THD)
酒后吐真言 酒後吐真言 jiǔ hòu tǔ zhēn yán 1. after wine, spit out the truth2. in vino veritas
真心话大冒险 真心話大冒險 zhēn xīn huà dà mào xiǎn 1. The Moment of Truth (TV show)2. Truth or Dare (game)
道真仡佬族苗族自治县 道真仡佬族苗族自治縣 dào zhēn gē lǎo zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County, in Zunyi City 遵义市[zūn yì shì], Guizhou
疾风知劲草，烈火见真金 疾風知勁草，烈火見真金 jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn 1. lit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom)2. fig. strength of character is revealed in a crisis
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準 shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔn Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
see 道真仡佬族苗族自治县[dào zhēn gē lǎo zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn]
真金不怕火来烧 真金不怕火來燒 zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ lái shāo see 真金不怕火炼[zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn]