的 dí really and truly syn 真 zhēn really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine syn 非常 fēi cháng very / really / unusual / extraordinary syn 确实 確實 què shí indeed / really / reliable / real / true syn 真正 zhēn zhèng genuine / real / true / really / indeed syn 其实 其實 qí shí actually / in fact / really syn 简直 簡直 jiǎn zhí simply / really syn 的确 的確 dí què really / indeed syn 实在 實在 shí zài really / actually / indeed / true / real / honest / dependable / (philosophy) reality syn 并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't syn 果然 guǒ rán really / sure enough / as expected / if indeed syn 当真 當真 dāng zhēn to take seriously / serious / No joking, really! syn 实 實 shí real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely syn 忙活 máng huo to be really busy / pressing business 未免 wèi miǎn unavoidably / can't help / really / rather syn 如实 如實 rú shí as things really are / realistic syn 果真 guǒ zhēn really / as expected / sure enough / if indeed... / if it's really... syn 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 口风 口風 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech syn 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 能说会道 能說會道 néng shuō huì dào can talk really well (idiom) / the gift of the gab syn 厚望 hòu wàng great hopes / great expectations 火冒三丈 huǒ mào sān zhàng to get really angry syn 硬是 yìng shì just / simply / stubbornly / really syn 大业 大業 dà yè great cause / great undertaking syn 真个 真個 zhēn gè (dialect) really / truly / indeed syn 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn 知难而退 知難而退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like syn 着力 著力 zhuó lì to put effort into sth / to try really hard syn 贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn 没说的 沒說的 méi shuō de nothing to pick on / really good / nothing to discuss / settled matter / no problem 实属 實屬 shí shǔ (to) really (be) syn 真真 zhēn zhēn really / in fact / genuinely / scrupulously syn 委实 委實 wěi shí indeed / really (very much so) syn 宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn 当真 當真 dàng zhēn to take seriously / serious / No joking, really! syn 大功 dà gōng great merit / great service syn 真牛 zhēn niú (slang) really cool, awesome 没得说 沒得說 méi de shuō really good / excellent 过誉 過譽 guò yù to praise too much / I really don't deserve so much praise syn 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 真的 zhēn de really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine / (math.) proper syn 诚 誠 chéng (bound form) sincere / authentic / (literary) really / truly syn 有志者事竟成 yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng a really determined person will find a solution (idiom) / where there's a will, there's a way 玄孙 玄孫 xuán sūn great-great-grandson 叶公好龙 葉公好龍 yè gōng hào lóng lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom) / fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it / ostensible fondness of sth one really fears syn 五大湖 wǔ dà hú Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn 万 萬 wàn ten thousand / a great number 多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 英国 英國 yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2] / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2] 王 wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 大师 大師 dà shī great master / master syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn 大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn 费力 費力 fèi lì to expend a great deal of effort syn 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn 伟人 偉人 wěi rén great person syn 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn 长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn 不列颠 不列顛 bù liè diān Britain / British / Great Britain 惋惜 wǎn xī to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb syn 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn 北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn 抢手 搶手 qiǎng shǒu (of goods) popular / in great demand syn 大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December 大不列颠 大不列顛 dà bù liè diān Great Britain 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly / with great trouble syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 抬举 擡舉 tái ju to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3] syn 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 狄更斯 dí gēng sī Dickens (name) / Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist 毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn 兴高采烈 興高采烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight syn 珍视 珍視 zhēn shì to place great importance on / to treasure syn 盛情 shèng qíng great kindness / magnificent hospitality syn 波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves / billows syn 巨变 巨變 jù biàn great changes 淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant syn 悉心 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care syn 宏大 hóng dà great / grand syn 富含 fù hán to contain in great quantities / rich in syn 大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn 高材生 gāo cái shēng student of great ability syn 摆架子 擺架子 bǎi jià zi to put on airs / to assume great airs syn 悠悠 yōu yōu lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive syn 