真是 (zhēnshì) means Really (truly). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
有这样的儿女 真是 福气。
Yǒu zhèyàng de érnǚ zhēnshi fúqì.
To have children like these is real good fortune.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 福气
生病又失业， 真是 雪上加霜。
Shēngbìng yòu shīyè, zhēnshi xuěshàngjiāshuāng.
Falling ill and then losing his job was one blow after another.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雪上加霜
这么晚才交作业， 真是 太不像话了。
Zhème wǎn cái jiāo zuòyè, zhēnshi tài búxiànghuà le.
Handing homework in this late is simply outrageous.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不像话
在他乡逢到老同学， 真是 人生一大幸事。
Zài tāxiāng féng dào lǎo tóngxué, zhēnshi rénshēng yí dà xìngshì.
Running into an old classmate far from home is one of life's great joys.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 逢
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How is 真是 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 真是 (zhēnshì, "Really (truly)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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