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现实 xiànshí

现实 xiànshí Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 现实 xiànshí .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiànshí | xian4 shi2
English translation
reality
actuality
real
actual
realistic

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Traditional form

現實

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 现实 xiànshí

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xiàn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of xiàn .

Positional decomposition

王见

Number of Strokes

8
shí

Explanation

Simplified form of shí . guàn is a pictograph of a string of money. Based on the original meaning "thrive; plentiful". The meaning later shifted to "real", "true", and "fruit".

Positional decomposition

宀头

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 现实 xiànshí

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Tán 使 shǐ 音乐 yīnyuè 沉默 chénmò mèng Guān zài 盒子 hézi de 现实 xiànshí .

Not about realities that kept the music silent, the dreams in a box.

通货膨胀率 wéi líng , zhè shì 现实 xiànshí de 目标 mùbiāo 一定 yīdìng 合乎 hé hū 需要 xūyào .

A zero rate of inflation is neither a realistic goal nor necessarily desirable.

zhè běn 小说 xiǎoshuō 取材 qǔ cái 现实 xiànshí 生活 shēnghuó .

This novel has drawn its materials from real life.

许多 xǔduō duì 现实 xiànshí 失望 shīwàng de rén 人生 rénshēng 比作 bǐ zuò cháng mèng .

Many people who are disillusioned in reality assimilate life to a dream.

shuì mèng 现实 xiànshí zhēng 相反 xiāngfǎn .

She said that dreams go by contraries.

现实 xiànshí Decomposition

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现实 xiànshí Compounds

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