真枪实弹 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• with real guns and live ammunition; (fig.) for real (involving genuine action rather than rehearsal, simulation or theory); (coll.) to have actual sex; to go all the way

Character by character

• 真zhēnreal, actual, true, genuine
• 枪qiānggun, rife; lance, spear
• 实shíreal, true; honest, sincere
• 弹dànbullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy

Idioms sharing a character

• 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
• 千真万确 qiān zhēn wàn què
• 半真半假 bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
• 天真烂漫 tiān zhēn làn màn
• 弄假成真 nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
• 情真意切 qíng zhēn yì qiè
• 真伪莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn
• 真刀真枪 zhēn dāo zhēn qiāng
• 真心实意 zhēn xīn shí yì
• 真情实意 zhēn qíng shí yì

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