右 yòu (bound form) right / right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence syn 说实话 說實話 shuō shí huà to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly 觉醒 覺醒 jué xǐng to awaken / to come to realize / awakened to the truth / the truth dawns upon one / scales fall from the eyes / to become aware syn 真心话大冒险 真心話大冒險 zhēn xīn huà dà mào xiǎn The Moment of Truth (TV show) / Truth or Dare (game) 地面实况 地面實況 ground truth / ground truth data 地面实况数据 地面實況數據 ground truth / ground truth data 右边 右邊 yòu bian right side / right, to the right syn 优先承购权 優先承購權 yōu xiān chéng gòu quán prior purchase right / right of first refusal (ROFR) / preemptive right to purchase 人道主义干预权 right of interference / right to intervene in humanitarian crises / right of intervention on humanitarian grounds 劈头 劈頭 pī tóu straight away / right off the bat / right on the head / right in the face syn 见义勇为 見義勇為 jiàn yì yǒng wéi to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects) / to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause syn 积非成是 積非成是 jī fēi chéng shì a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom) / a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth 颠倒黑白 顛倒黑白 diān dǎo hēi bái lit. to invert black and white (idiom) / to distort the truth deliberately / to misrepresent the facts / to invert right and wrong syn 众口铄金 眾口鑠金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong 右手 yòu shǒu right hand / right-hand side syn 对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial) 向右 xiàng yòu facing right / rightwards / to the right 右翼 yòu yì the right flank / (politically) right-wing syn 对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right syn 天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man syn 对症下药 對症下藥 duì zhèng xià yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps 右派 yòu pài (political) right / right wing / rightist syn 够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent 不是味儿 不是味兒 bù shì wèi r not the right flavor / not quite right / a bit off / fishy / queer / amiss / feel bad / be upset syn 适逢其会 適逢其會 shì féng qí huì (idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time syn 对症发药 對症發藥 duì zhèng fā yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps 是非自有公论 是非自有公論 shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong. 知人善任 zhī rén shàn rèn (idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities / to put the right people in the right places 正当时 正當時 zhèng dāng shí the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage) 良图 良圖 liáng tú good plan / right strategy / to take one's time forming the right decision 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí (idiom) everything will turn out all right / let's worry about it when it happens / it will be all right on the night 可转让发展权利 transferable development right / tradeable development right 落实发展权问题高级别工作队 high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development / High-Level Task Force on the Right to Development 获得饮水的权利 獲得飲水的權利 right to have access to drinking water / right to water 饮水权 飲水權 yǐn shuǐ quán right to have access to drinking water / right to water 适足食物权作为一项人权问题特别报告员 適足食物權作為一項人權問題特別報告員 Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate food as a human right 使发展权成为一项人权全球协商 使發展權成為一項人權全球協商 Global Consultation on the Right to Development as a Human Right 集体权利 集體權利 group right / collective right 团体权利 團體權利 group right / collective right 外手 wài shǒu right-hand side (of a machine) / right-hand side (passenger side) of a vehicle syn 打千 dǎ qiān genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand 近在眼前 jìn zài yǎn qián right under one's nose / right in front of one's eyes / close at hand / imminent syn 眼皮子底下 yǎn pí zi dǐ xià right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment 被选举权 被選舉權 bèi xuǎn jǔ quán the right to be elected / the right to stand for election 灯下黑 燈下黑 dēng xià hēi (lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses 证明 證明 zhèng míng proof / certificate / identification / testimonial / CL:個|个[ge4] / to prove / to testify / to confirm the truth of syn 真相 zhēn xiàng the truth about sth / the actual facts syn 质疑 質疑 zhì yí to call into question / to question (truth or validity) syn 真情 zhēn qíng real situation / the truth syn 真理 zhēn lǐ truth / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 隐瞒 隱瞞 yǐn mán to conceal / to hide (a taboo subject) / to cover up the truth syn 实话 實話 shí huà truth syn 实事求是 實事求是 shí shì qiú shì lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic syn 醒悟 xǐng wù to come to oneself / to come to realize / to come to see the truth / to wake up to reality syn 遮掩 zhē yǎn to cover / to mask / to cover up or conceal (the truth etc) syn 实情 實情 shí qíng the actual situation / the truth syn 实话实说 實話實說 shí huà shí shuō to tell the truth / to tell it as it is 顿悟 頓悟 dùn wù a flash of realization / the truth in a flash / a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist) syn 水落石出 shuǐ luò shí chū as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / the truth comes to light syn 明理 míng lǐ sensible / reasonable / an obvious reason, truth or fact / to understand the reason or reasoning syn 真相大白 zhēn xiàng dà bái the whole truth is revealed (idiom) / everything becomes clear syn 真象 zhēn xiàng (variant of 真相[zhen1 xiang4]) the truth about sth / the actual facts 大道理 dà dào li major principle / general truth / sermon (reproof) / bombastic talk syn 公理 gōng lǐ self-evident truth / (math.) axiom syn 求是 qiú shì to seek the truth 真善美 zhēn shàn měi truth, goodness and beauty 普贤 普賢 pǔ xián Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 省悟 xǐng wù to wake up to reality / to come to oneself / to realize / to see the truth syn 以讹传讹 以訛傳訛 yǐ é chuán é to spread falsehoods / to increasingly distort the truth / to pile errors on top of errors (idiom) syn 一手遮天 yī shǒu zhē tiān lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses syn 猛醒 měng xǐng to realize suddenly / to wake up to the truth / to suddenly awake from sleep syn 醍醐 tí hú refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character 纸包不住火 紙包不住火 zhǐ bāo bù zhù huǒ lit. paper can't wrap fire / fig. the truth will out syn 破 pò broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of syn 认账 認賬 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt syn 谛 諦 dì to examine / truth (Buddhism) syn 詖 bì a half-truth / flatter 原形毕露 原形畢露 yuán xíng bì lù original identity fully revealed (idiom) / fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth syn 指鹿作马 指鹿作馬 zhǐ lù zuò mǎ to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom) / deliberate inversion of the truth 舍身求法 捨身求法 shě shēn qiú fǎ to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom) 支吾其词 支吾其詞 zhī wú qí cí (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth / evasive syn 文以载道 文以載道 wén yǐ zài dào words of truth / moral expressed in words / written article explaining a moral 东掩西遮 東掩西遮 dōng yǎn xī zhē to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom) 真相毕露 真相畢露 zhēn xiàng bì lù real face fully revealed (idiom) / fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth 不刊之论 不刊之論 bù kān zhī lùn indisputable statement / unalterable truth 奥姆真理教 奧姆真理教 ào mǔ zhēn lǐ jiào Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway 不易之论 不易之論 bù yì zhī lùn perfectly sound proposition / unalterable truth / irrefutable argument 真值表 zhēn zhí biǎo truth table 事实求是 事實求是 shì shí qiú shì to seek the truth from facts 事求是 shì qiú shì to seek the truth from facts 土木身 tǔ mù shēn one's body as wood and earth / undecorated / unvarnished (truth) 实践是检验真理的唯一标准 實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準 shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔn Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978) 普贤菩萨 普賢菩薩 pǔ xián pú sà Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth 火眼金睛识真假 火眼金睛識真假 huǒ yǎn jīn jīng shí zhēn jiǎ fiery eyes and golden pupils can discern truth from falsehood (idiom) 甪端 lù duān Luduan, mythical Chinese beast able to detect the truth 真理部 zhēn lǐ bù Ministry of Truth, a fictional ministry from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four 真际 真際 zhēn jì the truth / reality 