千真万确 qiān zhēn wàn què
absolutely true; beyond any doubt
Literally: thousand true ten-thousand certain
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Origin
Descriptive; no single source story. Common in Ming and Qing vernacular novels.
How to use it
Predicate or standalone; neutral, emphatic. Often 这是千真万确的事.
Example sentences
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- 这个消息千真万确，我是从官方网站上看到的。Zhège xiāoxi qiān zhēn wàn què, wǒ shì cóng guānfāng wǎngzhàn shàng kàndào de.This news is absolutely true; I saw it on the official website.this news thousand true ten-thousand certain, I am from official website on see (particle)
- 他坚持说自己看到的是千真万确的事实。Tā jiānchí shuō zìjǐ kàndào de shì qiān zhēn wàn què de shìshí.He insisted that what he saw was an undeniable fact.he insist say self see (particle) is thousand true ten-thousand certain (particle) fact
More chengyu about numbers
- 万无一失wàn wú yì shīabsolutely safe; no risk of failure
- 一网打尽yì wǎng dǎ jìnto round up in one fell swoop; to capture all at once
- 百折不挠bǎi zhé bù náoindomitable; undaunted by repeated setbacks
- 千篇一律qiān piān yí lǜall cut from the same cloth; monotonously uniform
- 千丝万缕qiān sī wàn lǚcountless ties; inextricably linked
- 千钧一发qiān jūn yī fàhanging by a thread; at a critical moment
- 乱七八糟luàn qī bā zāoin a total mess; all over the place
- 一模一样yī mú yī yàngexactly the same; identical