其实 (其實) qíshí
adverb
actually; in fact; really
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A movable adverb (CC-CEDICT '其實'; Guoyu '其實'; Mathews 1931 '其實', p. 69; Sun 2006, loc. 1701)
Contained in
- 言过其实(言過其實) to exaggerate; to overstate the facts
- 言符其实(言符其實) (of one's words) to be in accord with reality
- 名副其实(名副其實) the name corresponds with reality; not just in name only, but also in reality
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
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- 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 5
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- 卷八十一 志第三十四 律曆十四 Volume 81 Treatises 34: Measures and Calendar 14 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
- 卷十六 志第六 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 5
- 《釋草》 Explanation of Plants Er Ya 爾雅 — count: 4
- 第二 律曆中 賈逵論曆 永元論曆 延光論曆 漢安論曆 熹平論曆 論月食 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 4
- 卷四 Scroll 4 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
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