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亂真

简乱真 · 繁亂真

Mandarin · pinyin luàn zhēn

to pass off as genuine
spurious

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真: zhēn · real, actual, true, genuine
乱: luàn · confusion, state of chaos, revolt

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4–1 · luan4 zhen1

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verb

to copy convincingly; to pass off as genuine

adj

(attributive, physics) spurious

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