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真伪莫辨

zhēn wěi mò biàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
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)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-4afef95a0a98f169. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

真偽莫辨 真伪莫辨 [zhen1 wei3 mo4 bian4] /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)/

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Other forms in these source records: 真偽莫辨

  • 真
    zhēn

    really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine

  • 伪
    wěi

    false / fake / forged / bogus / (prefix) pseudo- / Taiwan pr. [wèi]

  • 莫
    mò

    do not / there is none who

    Mò

    surname Mo

  • 辨
    biàn

    to distinguish / to recognize

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.