truth
US
UK truth n: (facts)
SC 事实 shì shí
TC 事實
TC 事實
SC 真相 shì shí ，zhēn xiàng
TC 真相
TC 真相
SC 实情 shì shí ，shí qíng
Those articles are all lies. Read this one; it tells the truth.
那些文章通篇假话。读这一篇。这篇说的是事实。
truth, the truth n: (truthfulness)
SC 真话
SC 真相 zhēn xiàng
TC 真相
TC 真相
She is a believer in telling the truth, and never lies.
她坚信人应该说真话，从不撒谎。
truth n: (scientific conclusion)
SC 真理 zhēn lǐ
TC 真理
TC 真理
Any so-called scientific truth is open to question.
bend the truth v expr: figurative, euphemism (change, omit facts)
SC 歪曲事实
Lawyers have been known to bend the truth in order to win cases.
be economical with the truth v expr: UK, euphemism (lie, not tell whole truth)
SC 隐瞒部分事实
SC 没有完全说实话
gospel, gospel truth n: figurative (truth) (比喻)
SC 真理，毋庸置疑的事实 zhēn lǐ
TC 真理
TC 真理
The gospel truth is that John didn't go to work, he went to play golf.
gospel truth n: figurative (unquestionable truth) (比喻)
SC 千真万确的事，绝对真理 qiān zhēn wàn què de shì，jué duì zhēn lǐ
Don't take everything you read in the newspaper as the gospel truth.
grain of truth n: countable, figurative (tiny amount)
SC 一点，些许 yì diǎn，xiē xǔ
SC 少量 shǎo liàng
TC 少量
TC 少量
Every myth has a grain of truth.
If that teacher had a grain of empathy for his students, he wouldn't humiliate them in class.
每则神话中都有些许真实的成分。// 如果那位老师对自己的学生有一点点同情，就不会在班里羞辱他们。
grain of truth n: (truthful element)
SC 一点可信的东西
half-truth n: (partial lie)
SC 半真半假的陈述
home truth n: informal, often plural ([sth] hard to acknowledge)
SC 逆耳忠言
SC 难以接受的事实
if truth be told, truth be told expr: (to be honest)
SC 如果说实话
SC 请恕我直言
in all truth adv: (honestly)
SC 说真的 shuō zhēn de
SC 说实话 shuō zhēn de ，shuō shí huà
in truth adv: (honestly, to tell the truth)
SC 诚实地 chéng shí de
TC 誠實地
TC 誠實地
SC 实在地 chéng shí de ，shí zài de
In truth, I don't really like him – he's too arrogant.
It's the gospel truth expr: figurative, informal (it's the absolute truth)
SC 这是绝对真理
He can make nonsense sound as if it's the gospel truth.
moment of truth n: (revelation)
SC 揭示真相的时刻 jiē shì zhēn xiàng de shí kè
I had a moment of truth when I realised he had been deceiving me.
moment of truth n: (when [sth] is shown to be success or failure)
SC 关键时刻 guān jiàn shí kè
TC 關鍵時刻
TC 關鍵時刻
SC 最后关头 guān jiàn shí kè，zuì hòu guān tóu
Now is the moment of truth when we will find out whether this aeroplane will fly or not.
naked truth n: ([sth] brutally honest)
SC 赤裸的真相，明明白白的事
post-truth adj: (not valuing objective facts)
SC 后真相的
revealed truth n: (revelation, epiphany)
SC 被揭示的真相 bèi jiē shì de zhēn xiàng
To accept a revealed truth as real, you must believe in the entity that revealed it.
self-evident truth n: ([sth] obvious)
SC 不证自明的事实真相 bú zhèng zì míng de shì shí zhēn xiàng
tell the truth v expr: (be honest)
SC 诚实 chéng shí
TC 誠實
TC 誠實
SC 讲实话 chéng shí ，jiǎng shí huà
If a woman asks if you can guess her age, never tell her the truth!
the absolute truth n: ([sth] ultimately and universally true)
SC 绝对的真理 jué duì de zhēn lǐ
We'll probably never know the absolute truth about the life of Jesus Christ.
the truth of the matter n: (facts, reality)
SC 现实 xiàn shí
TC 現實
TC 現實
SC 事实，事情的真相 shì shí
TC 事實
TC 事實
The truth shall set you free. expr: Biblical (knowledge is power)
SC 知识就是力量。
SC 知识让人解放。
"The truth shall set you free"; have you ever thought about what that statement means?
to tell the truth expr: (honestly)
SC 老实说 lǎo shí shuō
SC 说实话 lǎo shí shuō，shuō shí huà
To tell the truth, the show wasn't very good.
truth or dare n: (question-and-answer game)
SC 真心话大冒险
truth serum, truth drug n: (sodium pentothal)
SC 真言剂
SC 吐真剂
The CIA agent administered the truth serum to the suspected terrorist.
universal truth n: ([sth] absolutely and ultimately true)
SC 普遍真理 pǔ biàn zhēn lǐ
TC 普遍真理
TC 普遍真理
It is a universal truth that the greatest pleasures in life are often the simplest ones.