It is highly improper.
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实在
Traditional: 實在
shí zài
HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 4
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shí zài · sat6 zoi6 (Jyutping)
- really
- actually
- indeed
- true
- real
- honest
- dependable
- (philosophy) reality
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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'm really bad at this.
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