信以为真 (信以為真)
xìn yǐ wéi zhēn
Pinyin

Definition

信以为真 (信以為真)
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xìn yǐ wéi zhēn
  1. to take sth to be true

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 old variant of 以[yǐ]
yǐ hòu
  1. 1 after
  2. 2 later
  3. 3 afterwards
  4. 4 following
  5. 5 later on
  6. 6 in the future
yǐ wéi
  1. 1 to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
xìn
  1. 1 letter
  2. 2 mail
  3. 3 classifier: 封 fēng
  4. 4 to trust
  5. 5 to believe
  6. 6 to profess faith in
  7. 7 truthful
  8. 8 confidence
  9. 9 trust
  10. 10 at will
  11. 11 at random
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message

Idioms (20)

一则以喜,一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不以为然
bù yǐ wéi rán
  1. 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
  2. 2 to disapprove
  3. 3 to take exception to
不以规矩,不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules