| 在真空中 | zài zhēn kōng zhōng | in a vacuum |
| 奥姆真理教 | ào mǔ zhēn lǐ jiào | Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway |
| 孰真孰假 | shú zhēn shú jiǎ | what is true and what is fake |
实践是检验真理的
唯一标准 | shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔn | Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978) |
| 弄假成真 | nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn | pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true |
| 彭真 | Péng Zhēn | Peng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader |
患难之交才是真正
的朋友 | huàn nàn zhī jiāo cái shì zhēn zhèng de péng you | a friend in need is a friend indeed (English proverb); cf idiom 患难之交, a friend in need |
| 患难见真情 | huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng | a friend in need is a friend indeed (idiom) |
| 成真 | chéng zhēn | to come true |
| 抗真菌 | kàng zhēn jūn | antifungal |
| 政权真空 | zhèng quán zhēn kōng | power vacuum; political vacuum |
| 正教真诠 | zhèng jiào zhēn quán | Exegesis of true religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱舆, a study of Islam; also translated as Real hermeneutics of orthodox religion |
| 归真 | guī zhēn | to die (Buddhism) |
| 归真返璞 | guī zhēn fǎn pú | to return to one's true self; to regain the natural state |
| 杀真菌 | shā zhēn jūn | fungicide |
| 清真 | qīng zhēn | Islamic; Muslim; halal (of food); clean; pure |
| 火眼金睛识真假 | huǒ yǎn jīn jīng shí zhēn jiǎ | fiery eyes and golden pupils can discern truth from falsehood (idiom) |
疾风知劲草，
烈火见真金 | jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo ,
liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn | the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister; to show one's true colors after a stern test |
| 真主党 | Zhēn zhǔ dǎng | Hezbollah (Lebanon Islamic group) |
| 真事 | zhēn shì | reality; veracity; the real thing |
| 真亮 | zhēn liàng | clear |
| 真人真事 | zhēn rén zhēn shì | genuine people and true events |
| 真人秀 | zhēn rén xiù | reality show (loanword) |
| 真假 | zhēn jiǎ | genuine or fake; true or false |
| 真假难辨 | zhēn jiǎ nán biàn | hard to distinguish real from imitation |
| 真伪 | zhēn wěi | true or bogus |
| 真伪莫辨 | zhēn wěi mò biàn | can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake; not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news) |
| 真传 | zhēn chuán | authentic tradition; handed-down teachings or techniques |
| 真刀真枪 | zhēn dāo zhēn qiāng | real swords, real spears (idiom); real weapons; very much for real; every bit real; the genuine article |
| 真分数 | zhēn fēn shù | proper fraction (with numerator < denominator, e.g. five sevenths); see also: improper fraction 假分数 and mixed number 带分数 |
| 真否定句 | zhēn fǒu dìng jù | true negative (TN) |
| 真命 | zhēn mìng | to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc); ordained by heaven |
| 真善美 | zhēn shàn měi | truth, goodness and beauty |
| 真子集 | zhēn zǐ jí | proper subset |
| 真容 | zhēn róng | portrait; genuine appearance; real face |
| 真实感 | zhēn shí gǎn | the feeling that sth is genuine; sense of reality; in the flesh |
| 真彩色 | zhēn cǎi sè | true color |
| 真后生动物 | zhēn hòu shēng dòng wù | eumetazoa; subkingdom of animals excluding sponges |
| 真心实意地 | zhēn xīn shí yì de | wholeheartedly |
| 真心话大冒险 | zhēn xīn huà dà mào xiǎn | The Moment of Truth (TV show); Truth or Dare (game) |
| 真性 | zhēn xìng | real; the nature of sth |
| 真怪 | zhēn guài | odd; unusual; I can't believe that... |
| 真情实意 | zhēn qíng shí yì | out of genuine friendship (idiom); sincere feelings |
| 真意 | zhēn yì | real intention; true meaning; correct interpretation |
| 真爱 | zhēn ài | true love |
| 真凭实据 | zhēn píng shí jù | reliable evidence (idiom); conclusive proof; definitive evidence |
| 真才实学 | zhēn cái shí xué | solid learning; real ability and learning; genuine talent |
| 真数 | zhēn shù | logarithm |
| 真书 | zhēn shū | regular script; same as 楷书 |
| 真核 | zhēn hé | eukaryotic |
