xiàn shí
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  • 1

    n.reality; actuality

    • sī kǎo wèn tí bié tuō lí xiàn shí

      思考问题脱离现实

      Don't get divorced from reality when you think of any problem.

    • wǒ men de shì dài lǐ xiǎng yǐ jīng chéng wéi xiàn shí

      我们世代理想已经成为现实

      Our long-held ideals have already become a reality.

    • tā wú fǎ fēn qīng huàn xiǎng yǔ xiàn shí zhī jiān de qū bié le

      无法分清幻想现实之间区别

      He could not distinguish between illusion and reality.

  • 2

    adj.real; actual

    • zhè shì gè bǐ jiào xiàn shí de bàn fǎ

      比较现实办法

      This is a more realistic way of doing things.

    • zhè xiē xiǎng fǎ bù xiàn shí

      这些想法现实

      These ideas are unrealistic.

    • wǒ hěn xiàn shí zhī dào zì jǐ bù kě néng huò shèng

      现实知道自己可能获胜

      I'm a realist. I know there is no way I could win.

Word usage

  • Note
    "现实" is different from "实际". "现实" only refers to the current objective existence; "实际" generally refers to all objective existence, including what has existed in the past and currently exists.