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真香

Mandarin · pinyin zhēn xiāng

awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014)

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真: zhēn · real, actual, true, genuine
香: xiāng · fragrant, sweet-smelling; incense; Kangxi radical 186

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1–1 · zhen1 xiang1

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(Internet slang, neologism) used to describe someone doing something that they had previously sworn never to do
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 真 (zhēn), 香 (xiāng).

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