Is the water in the Black Sea actually black?
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事实上
Traditional: 事實上
shì shí shàng
HSK 3.0 · 3
shì shí shàng · si6 sat6 soeng6 (Jyutping)
- in fact
- in reality
- actually
- as a matter of fact
- de facto
- ipso facto
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I thought he loved you, but as it is, he loved another girl.
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