真诠

真詮
zhēnquán
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 true commentary
  2. 2 correct exegesis
  3. 3 the genuine meaning (esp. of a classic or religious text)

Examples

Tā qióngjìn yīshēng yánjiū fójīng de zhēnquán.
He spent his whole life seeking the true meaning of the Buddhist scriptures.
Xuézhě men duì zhè duàn wénzì de zhēnquán gèzhíyīcí.
Scholars each have their own view on the true interpretation of this passage.

Tips

register
Highly literary, almost exclusively used for the "true reading" of classical, philosophical, or religious texts. Synonym 真谛 is more common; 真诠 (sometimes written 真筌) carries a more scholarly tone.

Stroke Order

zhēn
quán