The rumor is believed to be true.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
信以为真
to take sth to be true
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to take sth to be true
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 信以为真 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 信以为真 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 信以为真.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 信以为真.
Directly before
- 令人信以为真1
- 竟然信以为真1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 信以为真
What does 信以为真 mean in Chinese?
信以为真 (xìnyǐwéizhēn) means to take sth to be true.
How do you pronounce 信以为真?
信以为真 is pronounced xìnyǐwéizhēn.
Is 信以为真 an HSK word?
信以为真 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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