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false or true; the actual situation (as of the opposing side); (in a broad sense) inside information

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Words with xu shi

xū shí

虚 实

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n.false or true; the actual situation (as of the opposing side); (in a broad sense) inside information
- tàn tīng xū shí
  探听虚实
  try to find out about an opponent
- xū shí mò cè
  虚实莫测
  unable to fathom the actual situation
- biàn bié xū shí
  辨别虚实
  distinguish fact from fable
- nǐ bù jiǔ jiù huì zhī dào zhè jiàn shì de xū shí
  你不久就会知道这件事的虚实。
  You will know all about it presently.
- tā de diàn yǐng mó hu le xū shí de jiè xiàn
  他的电影模糊了虚实的界限。
  His films blur the boundaries between fact and fiction.

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Reduplication
"虚实" can be reduplicated, for example: "虚虚实实".
- 虚虚实实，以退为进，这些政治手腕，他生下来全有。
  Political tactics, such as saying yes and meaning no, retreating in order to advance, are what he has known from birth.

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