较真 (較真)
jiào zhēn
Pinyin

Definition

较真 (較真)
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jiào zhēn
  1. serious
  2. in earnest

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhēn
  1. 1 really
  2. 2 truly
  3. 3 indeed
  4. 4 real
  5. 5 true
  6. 6 genuine
zhēn xīn
  1. 1 sincere
  2. 2 heartfelt
  3. 3 classifier: 片 piàn
tiān zhēn
  1. 1 naive
  2. 2 innocent
  3. 3 artless
xiě zhēn
  1. 1 portrait
  2. 2 to describe sth accurately
chéng zhēn
  1. 1 to come true

Idioms (14)

千真万确
qiān zhēn wàn què
  1. 1 absolutely true (idiom)
  2. 2 manifold
  3. 3 true from many points of view
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
  1. 1 (idiom) half true and half false
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
患难见真情
huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng
  1. 1 true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom)
  2. 2 you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together
  3. 3 you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties
疾风知劲草,烈火见真金
jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn
  1. 1 the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
  2. 2 to show one's true colors after a stern test

Sample Sentences

哈哈哈,你也太可爱了,那么容易就较真,我是逗你玩的,开开玩笑嘛!
hā hā hā ,nǐ yě tài kě ài le ,nàme róngyì jiù jiàozhēn ,wǒ shì dòu nǐ wán de ,kāi kāi wánxiào ma !
Ha ha, you're really quite cute. You get so earnest so easily, I was just teasing you. It was a joke!
瞧你一副一本正经的样子,这不过是人们在网络世界的一种调侃罢了,何必较真呢!
qiáo nǐ yī fù yīběnzhèngjing de yàngzi ,zhè bùguò shì rénmen zài wǎngluò shìjiè de yīzhǒng tiáokǎn bà le ,hébì jiàozhēn ne !
Gosh, look how serious you are, it's just people joking around on the internet, why are you being so earnest about it?
别那么较真了!打牌嘛,友谊第一,和牌第二啊!不要伤了和气。
bié nàme jiàozhēn le !dǎpái ma ,yǒuyì dì yī ,húpái dì èr a !bù yào shāng le héqi 。