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真的

Mandarin · pinyin zhēn de

really; truly; indeed
real; true; genuine
(math.) proper

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真: zhēn · real, actual, true, genuine
的: de · possessive, adjectival suffix

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1–5 · zhen1 de5

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adv

really

adj

(literary) true; real

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