| 动真格 |
dòng zhēn gé |
to get serious about sth / to pull no punches / to be determined to see sth through |
| 动 |
dòng |
(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 动词, verb |
| 真 |
zhēn |
really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine |
| 真格 |
zhēn gé |
true / real |
| 格 |
gē |
used in 格登 / used in 格格 |
| 格 |
gé |
square; lattice; grid; frame / compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit) / (bound form) standard; norm; specification / (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone / (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern / (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case / (literary) to correct; to rectify / (literary) to arrive at; to reach / (literary) to obstruct; to hinder / (literary) to investigate exhaustively / classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit |