实招

實招
shízhāo
verb #34,691

Meanings

  1. 1 to confess truthfully
  2. 2 to come clean
  3. 3 honest move / real tactic

Examples

Nǐ zuìhǎo shízhāo, wǒ dōu zhīdào le.
You'd better come clean — I already know everything.
Zài zhèngjù miànqián, tā bùdébù shízhāo.
Faced with the evidence, he had no choice but to confess.

Tips

register
实招 is the contracted form of 如实招供 ('confess truthfully'). Most often heard in interrogation or accusation contexts: 实招! ('come clean!'). The here means 'to confess' (as in 招供); separately, can also mean 'a move/tactic', so 实招 occasionally means 'a real, effective move' in the context of strategy or martial arts.

Stroke Order

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