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 实话 實話 shí huà truth syn 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 说实话 說實話 shuō shí huà to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly 隐瞒 隱瞞 yǐn mán to conceal / to hide (a taboo subject) / to cover up the truth syn 质疑 質疑 zhì yí to call into question / to question (truth or validity) syn 真理 zhēn lǐ truth / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 实话实说 實話實說 shí huà shí shuō to tell the truth / to tell it as it is 实情 實情 shí qíng the actual situation / the truth syn 真情 zhēn qíng real situation / the truth 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 水落石出 shuǐ luò shí chū as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / the truth comes to light syn 遮掩 zhē yǎn to cover / to mask / to cover up or conceal (the truth etc) syn 真相大白 zhēn xiàng dà bái the whole truth is revealed (idiom) / everything becomes clear syn 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 顿悟 頓悟 dùn wù a flash of realization / the truth in a flash / a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist) 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 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 公理 gōng lǐ self-evident truth / (math.) axiom syn 明理 míng lǐ sensible / reasonable / an obvious reason, truth or fact / to understand the reason or reasoning syn 求是 qiú shì to seek the truth 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 真善美 zhēn shàn měi truth, goodness and beauty 省悟 xǐng wù to wake up to reality / to come to oneself / to realize / to see the truth 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 普贤 普賢 pǔ xián Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth 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 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 谛 諦 dì to examine / truth (Buddhism) syn 认账 認賬 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt syn 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 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 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 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 不刊之论 不刊之論 bù kān zhī lùn indisputable statement / unalterable truth 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 巧诈不如拙诚 巧詐不如拙誠 qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéng the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy 不加修饰 不加修飾 bù jiā xiū shì undecorated / unvarnished / no frills 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 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 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 说摞 說摞 shuō luò to confess / to let out the truth (colloquial) 道之所存，师之所存 道之所存，師之所存 dào zhī suǒ cún , shī zhī suǒ cún If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4]). / We should learn from one who knows the way. 道所存者，乃师所存者 道所存者，乃師所存者 dào suǒ cún zhě , nǎi shī suǒ cún zhě If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4]). / We should learn from one who knows the way. 酒后吐真言 酒後吐真言 jiǔ hòu tǔ zhēn yán after wine, spit out the truth / in vino veritas 罗生门 羅生門 luó shēng mén Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie / (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth / unsolvable case 真相与和解委员会 Truth and Reconciliation Commission 了解真相的权利 right to truth 正义、真相与和解委员会 正義、真相與和解委員會 Justice, Truth and Reconciliation Commission 真相、接纳与和解委员会 真相、接納與和解委員會 Truth, Reception and Reconciliation Commission 全国真相与和解委员会 National Truth and Reconciliation Commission 发掘真相联合委员会 發掘真相聯合委員會 Joint Committee for the Emergence of the Truth / Komite mete men pou verite blayi 真相与和解项目白皮书 真相與和解項目白皮書 White Paper on the Truth and Reconciliation Project 真相与和解委员会法 真相與和解委員會法 Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 真相与和解论坛 真相與和解論壇 Forum for Truth and Reconciliation 萨尔瓦多调查真相委员会信托基金 薩爾瓦多調查真相委員會信托基金 Trust Fund for the Commission on the Truth for El Salvador 地面实况特设工作组 地面實況特設工作組 Ad Hoc Ground Truth Working Group 真相、正义与和解委员会 真相、正義與和解委員會 Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission 调查真相和伸张正义全国委员会 調查真相和伸張正義全國委員會 National Commission for Truth and Justice 真相和友谊委员会 真相和友誼委員會 Truth and Friendship Commission 调查真相委员会 調查真相委員會 Commission on the Truth 天地良心 tiān dì liáng xīn in all honesty / truth to tell 据实以告 據實以告 jù shí yǐ gào to report according to the facts / to tell the truth / to tell it like it is 吐实 吐實 tǔ shí to reveal the truth / to spill the beans 实不相瞒 實不相瞞 shí bù xiāng mán truth to tell / to be quite honest... 大白 dà bái to be revealed / to come out (of the truth) / chalk (for whitening walls) / (old) wine cup / (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Comics character Baymax, whose Chinese name is 大白) syn 说真的 說真的 shuō zhēn de to tell the truth / honestly / in fact 说老实话 說老實話 shuō lǎo shi huà to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank 悟道 wù dào to comprehend the truth / to become enlightened 水落石出 shuǐ luò - shí chū lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light syn 