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1 Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)

1 indeed

2 truly

3 (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc about sth)

1 Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)

1 real swords, real spears (idiom)

2 real weapons

3 very much for real

4 every bit real

5 the genuine article

1 is or isn't

2 yes or no

3 whether or not

1 lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom)

2 fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating

3 to show what one is made of

1 one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)

2 an empty sack cannot stand upright

1 Saying is one thing, doing quite another (idiom)

1 是騾子是馬，牽出來遛遛|是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛[shì luó zi shì mǎ

2 qiān chū lai liù liu]

1 to follow obediently

1 to seek truth from facts (idiom)

2 to be practical and realistic

1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)

2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle

3 it's either him or me

1 lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)

2 fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut

3 unequivocal

1 to seek the truth from facts

1 (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing

2 worthless nobody

3 no-good

1 (of food) to have the right taste

2 (of people) to feel at ease

1 therefore

1 penetrating insight

1 every medicine has its side effect