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事實上

shì shí shàng

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Adverb

事實上 (shì shí shàng) is a Chinese word meaning “in fact”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. in fact
  2. in reality
  3. actually
  4. as a matter of fact
  5. de facto
  6. ipso facto

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Example

看起來很難，事實上很簡單。

It looks hard, but in fact it's simple.

Related words at this level

事件視覺勢力市民視為事務事先視線

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).