真 理 zhēn lǐ truth / CL:個|个[ge4] 实 话 shí huà truth 真 情 zhēn qíng real situation / the truth 实 情 shí qíng actual situation / truth 道 road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) 理 texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up 谛 to examine / truth (Buddhism) 真 际 zhēn jì the truth / reality 证 明 zhèng míng proof / certificate / identification / testimonial / CL:個|个[ge4] / to prove / to testify / to confirm the truth of 真 相 zhēn xiàng the truth about sth / the actual facts 说 实 话 shuō shí huà to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly 隐 瞒 yǐn mán to conceal / to hide (a taboo subject) / to cover up the truth 实 事 求 是 shí shì qiú shì to seek truth from facts (idiom) / to be practical and realistic 醒 悟 xǐng wù to come to oneself / to come to realize / to come to see the truth / to wake up to reality 遮 掩 zhē yǎn to cover / to mask / to cover up or conceal (the truth etc) 觉 醒 jué xǐng to awaken / to come to realize / awakened to the truth / the truth dawns upon one / scales fall from the eyes / to become aware 实 话 实 说 shí huà shí shuō to tell the truth / to tell it as it is 见 义 勇 为 jiàn yì yǒng wéi to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects) / to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause 顿 悟 dùn wù a flash of realization / the truth in a flash / a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist) 水 落 石 出 shuǐ luò shí chū as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / the truth comes to light 明 理 míng lǐ sensible / reasonable / an obvious reason, truth or fact / to understand the reason or reasoning 真 相 大 白 zhēn xiàng dà bái the whole truth is revealed (idiom) / everything becomes clear 真 象 zhēn xiàng (variant of 真相[zhen1 xiang4]) the truth about sth / the actual facts 大 道 理 dà dào li major principle / general truth / sermon (reproof) / bombastic talk 求 是 qiú shì to seek the truth 真 善 美 zhēn shàn měi truth, goodness and beauty 普 贤 Pǔ xián Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth 省 悟 xǐng wù to wake up to reality / to come to oneself / to realize / to see the truth 以 讹 传 讹 yǐ é chuán é to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom) 一 手 遮 天 yī shǒu zhē tiān lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses 猛 醒 měng xǐng to realize suddenly / to wake up to the truth / to suddenly awake from sleep 醍 醐 tí hú refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character 纸 包 不 住 火 zhǐ bāo bù zhù huǒ lit. paper can't wrap fire / fig. the truth will out 破 broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of 认 账 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt 颠 倒 黑 白 diān dǎo hēi bái lit. to invert black and white (idiom) / to distort the truth deliberately / to misrepresent the facts / to invert right and wrong 原 形 毕 露 yuán xíng bì lù original identity fully revealed (idiom) / fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth 指 鹿 作 马 zhǐ lù zuò mǎ to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom) / deliberate inversion of the truth 舍 身 求 法 shě shēn qiú fǎ to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom) 支 吾 其 词 zhī wú qí cí (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth / evasive 文 以 载 道 wén yǐ zài dào words of truth / moral expressed in words / written article explaining a moral 东 掩 西 遮 dōng yǎn xī zhē to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom) 真 相 毕 露 zhēn xiàng bì lù real face fully revealed (idiom) / fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth 积 非 成 是 jī fēi chéng shì a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom) / a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth 不 刊 之 论 bù kān zhī lùn indisputable statement / unalterable truth 众 口 铄 金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong 不 易 之 论 bù yì zhī lùn perfectly sound proposition / unalterable truth / irrefutable argument 真 值 表 zhēn zhí biǎo truth table 事 实 求 是 shì shí qiú shì to seek the truth from facts 事 求 是 shì qiú shì to seek the truth from facts 实 践 是 检 验 真 理 的 唯 一 标 准 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) 普 贤 菩 萨 Pǔ xián Pú sà Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth 火 眼 金 睛 识 真 假 huǒ yǎn jīn jīng shí zhēn jiǎ fiery eyes and golden pupils can discern truth from falsehood (idiom) 甪 端 Lù duān Luduan, mythical Chinese beast able to detect the truth 真 心 话 大 冒 险 Zhēn xīn huà Dà Mào xiǎn The Moment of Truth (TV show) / Truth or Dare (game) 真 理 部 Zhēn lǐ bù Ministry of Truth, a fictional ministry from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four 说 摞 shuō luò to confess / to let out the truth (colloquial) 道 之 所 存 ， 师 之 所 存 dào zhī suǒ cún , shī zhī suǒ cún If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4]). / We should learn from one who knows the way. 道 所 存 者 ， 乃 师 所 存 者 dào suǒ cún zhě , nǎi shī suǒ cún zhě If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4]). / We should learn from one who knows the way. 酒 后 吐 真 言 jiǔ hòu tǔ zhēn yán after wine, spit out the truth / in vino veritas 罗 生 门 luó shēng mén Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie / (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth / unsolvable case 真 相 与 和 解 委 员 会 Truth and Reconciliation Commission 了 解 真 相 的 权 利 right to truth 正 义 、 真 相 与 和 解 委 员 会 Justice, Truth and Reconciliation Commission 真 相 、 接 纳 与 和 解 委 员 会 Truth, Reception and Reconciliation Commission 全 国 真 相 与 和 解 委 员 会 National Truth and Reconciliation Commission 发 掘 真 相 联 合 委 员 会 Joint Committee for the Emergence of the Truth / Komite mete men pou verite blayi 真 相 与 和 解 项 目 白 皮 书 White Paper on the Truth and Reconciliation Project 真 相 与 和 解 委 员 会 法 Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 真 相 与 和 解 论 坛 Forum for Truth and Reconciliation 萨 尔 瓦 多 调 查 真 相 委 员 会 信 托 基 金 Trust Fund for the Commission on the Truth for El Salvador 地 面 实 况 ground truth / ground truth data 地 面 实 况 数 据 ground truth / ground truth data 地 面 实 况 特 设 工 作 组 Ad Hoc Ground Truth Working Group 真 相 、 正 义 与 和 解 委 员 会 Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission 调 查 真 相 和 伸 张 正 义 全 国 委 员 会 National Commission for Truth and Justice 真 相 和 友 谊 委 员 会 Truth and Friendship Commission 调 查 真 相 委 员 会 Commission on the Truth 天 地 良 心 tiān dì liáng xīn in all honesty / truth to tell 巧 诈 不 如 拙 诚 qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéng the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy 据 实 以 告 jù shí yǐ gào to report according to the facts / to tell the truth / to tell it like it is 吐 实 tǔ shí to reveal the truth / to spill the beans 实 不 相 瞒 shí bù xiāng mán truth to tell / to be quite honest... 说 真 的 shuō zhēn de to tell the truth / honestly / in fact 说 老 实 话 shuō lǎo shi huà to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
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