真枪实弹 — Chinese idiom
真枪实弹
zhēn qiāng shí dàn
Traditional: 真槍實彈
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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