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真偽莫辨

简 真伪莫辨 · 繁 真偽莫辨
Mandarin · pinyin zhēn wěi mò biàn

Meanings

  1. can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake
  2. not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)
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真
zhēn · real, actual, true, genuine
偽
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莫
mò · do not, is not, can not; negative
辨
biàn · distinguish, discriminate
伪
wěi · false, counterfeit, bogus
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1–3–4–4 · zhen1 wei3 mo4 bian4

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真偽莫辨 · zhen1 wei3 mo4 bian4
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Exact source record真偽莫辨 真伪莫辨 [zhen1 wei3 mo4 bian4] /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)/